Diner #3(third diner built by the company) went to Niantic after spending time in Jamestown, NY and Mt. Jewett, PA. This would have been a wooden diner, so it probably did not last too long.
Arthur H. Young put a Ward in Waterbury, and advertised w

The last Ward on my list comes from a photograph taken by a traveling salesman around 1932/1933. It shows a "new" Ward in Stratford. upon researching this diner, it turns out Homer R. Ladd put the diner there around 1932/3 before moving to Schenectady, NY two years later to run a diner and gas station. By the 1960s, the location became a restaurant, so the diner was either replaced or remodeled so greatly.
So why this look at Connecti
Well, it is because of this matchbook seen on EBAY. This is more than a simple drawing of a Ward & Dickinson diner, but this one shows some landscaping that Ward & Dickinson used after about 1929 on their company issued matchbooks. I am hoping that this is another company issued matchbook. So look for more information in the future as I research this diner. Hopefully I will have one more Ward & Dickinson diner to add to my list of about 200 plus diners. I know the company built at least 310 diners, and probably not many more, so each new one is big.
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