Vintage Staffordshire style ABC Plate hand tinted transfer ware decorated with the Oriental Hotel, a seaside resort hotel in Brooklyn New York at Manhattan Beach. "The Oriental Hotel, opened in 1883 was located between Ocean Avenue and Girard Street several blocks east of the Manhattan Beach Railroad station, it served rich customers with their families who often stayed the entire summer. Weekends were the most crowded when passengers arrived on trains seventeen cars long. Cots were set up ...click for details
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