 Rodger Young Auditorium pattern, ca. 1970. | The establishment that ordered the customized "RY" Pyrex dinnerware pattern was recently discovered by an avid Pyrex dinnerware collector and fellow collectors in the Restaurant Ware Collectors Network. The pattern belongs to the Rodger Young Auditorium. The elaborate dark green design includes the initials "RY" on a shield. The pattern appeared in both the 1971 and 1973 Corning catalogs as an example of a custom-designed pattern. |
The Rodger Young Auditorium was a banquet hall located at 936 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, that operated from 1946 through 1978. At its height of operation, the establishment had 22 banquet rooms and seating capacity for 2,500 people.
| Items currently known to exist are listed below. Items are branded as "Decor" or "Pyrex Brand Tableware." 700 - Cup, 7 oz. 704 - Bread and Butter Plate, 6 3/4-inch 705 - Bowl, 15 oz., 5 3/4-inch 706 - Bowl, 10 oz., 4 7/8-inch 795 - Dinner Plate, 10 1/2-inch 798 - Narrow Rim Dinner Plate, 9 3/8-inch 799 - Oval Platter, 12 1/2-inch |  |
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