BOWL, SOUP

Description: WHITE GLAZE PRODUCTION WARE BOWL, RED & GREEN BANDS. BANNER WITH "YALE CAFE" ON EXTERIOR SIDE. BOWL IS THICK WALLED & HEAVY TO WITHSTAND RESTAURANT TRADE. "JOHN MADDOCK & SONS LTD" "MADE IN ENGLAND" STAMPED ON BASE.

History: YALE CAFE, ESTABLISHED IN 1920 AT 212 5 ST. SOUTH. J.C. SEN MANAGER. FROM 1925 TO 1944 JAM LING PROPRIETER, 1946-1957 JIM LING PROPRIETER. IN 1958 OR '59, NAME CHANGED TO YALE CHOP SUEY HOUSE WITH JIM LIM MANAGER (LIKELY ALL 3 THE SAME PERSON). SINCE 1964 THE BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT.; 12 FEB 2021 UPDATE: RESEARCH CONDUCTED AS PART OF ‘LETHBRIDGE EATS’ EXHIBIT IN 2021 UNEARTHED ARTICLES ON THE YALE CAFÉ FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, DATING TO FEBRUARY 27TH AND MARCH 8TH, 1946--THE LATTER INCLUDING QUOTES BY YALE CAFÉ OWNER JIM LING. ACCORDING TO BOTH ARTICLES, JIM LING SOLD THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, 1946 TO HIS NEPHEW JIM LIM, AND LIM’S PARTNER JONG BONG. THE MARCH ARTICLE RECORDS THAT THE RESTAURANT OPENED UNDER ITS FOUNDER JIM LING IN MARCH, 1920. TO VIEW BOTH ARTICLES, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION’S PERMANENT FILE.