The Blue-China Book

Ada Walker Camehl's The Blue-China Book (1916) explores designs on china dishes commemorating events in American history.

• Introduction: All This of Pot and Potter

Part I: The Country and the Cities of Early America

• Chapter I: A Tour of the Land
• Chapter II: The Crooked but Interesting Town of Boston
• Chapter III: Old New York
• Chapter IV: The Philadelphia of Penn and Franklin
• Chapter V: Early Baltimore
• Chapter VI: Washington, The New Capital

Part II: The American Nation-Builders and Their Work

• Chapter VII: Pioneers Of America
• Chapter VIII George Washington
• Chapter IX: Scenes Of The Revolutionary War
• Chapter X: Emblems Of The New Republic And States
• Chapter XI: Benjamin Franklin And His Precepts
• Chapter XII: Naval Heroes Of The War Of 1812
• Chapter XIII: General Lafayette's Visit To America
• Chapter XIV: Opening Of The Erie Canal
• Chapter XV: Introduction Of New Modes Of Travel

Supplementary Chapters

• Chapter A: The White House Collection Of Presidential China
• Chapter B: Checking List Of American Views Found Upon English—Old Pottery
• Chapter C: The Willow Pattern And Other Important Blue China Series—Story Of The Willow Pattern