ANTIQUEHAVEN

I believe another mystery has been solved. I have an 8.5" platter with a Bi-Plane Logo with the initials "A.C.C." The Restaurant Ware Collectors Network chatroom has someone who I believes hunch is correct in identifying the piece as coming from The Aviation Country Club of Detroit, which was located in West Bloomfield Township.  In 1920, The Detroit Aviation Club led by prominent Detroit automobile magnates, early aviation promoters and WWI army flying corps veterans backed the purchase of 823 acres of land surrounded by 3 lakes in Oakland County (Flanders, Green and Union Lakes) from auto assembly line pioneer, Walter E Flanders estate. The land purchase cost $750,000 with the whole project estimated at $2 million. On this property would be a clubhouse, golf course, air strip, horse stables, ballroom, airplane hangers, guest rooms and more. The air strip would be 3,000 x 2,000 feet. The hangers would hold up to a club fleet of 20 planes. The lakes would offer a perfe...