This candy dish from the old Plimhimmon Hotel is from the pre-World War I era. The large Boardwalk hotels, such as the Atlantic, the Hamilton and the Plimhimmon, prided themselves on their dining rooms and many ordered their china from manufacturers in Germany prior to the beginning of the war.

Meals in that era were quite elaborate and guests dressed in more formal attire to dine. A meal could contain as many as five or six courses and the quality of a hotel’s kitchen was a big factor in bringing summer guests back year after year. Photo courtesy of Andrea McCarty