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Evansville, Indiana
- 1882 AM Beck an immigrant from England moved to Evansville, Indiana, starting a small pottery producing majolica
- 1884 Beck died and the pottery was sold to Bennighof, Uhl, and Company, who began the production of whiteware
- by 1891 Bennighof, Uhl, and Company moved to Huntingburg, Indiana and sold the buildings in Evansburg to the Flentke family, who reorganized under the name of Crown Pottery
- 1902 they took over the Peoria Pottery Co. of Peoria, IL and the two potteries assumed the name of Crown Potteries
- 1904 Peoria Pottery closed
- Around 1955/6 Crown Pottery closed
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