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These pictures of sets/manufacturers are organized by the material the tiles are made from.
There are a few of these that I've made my best guess at based on a number of factors.
If you think you know who manufactured a particular set, please email me. Thanks!

Bakelite	Handcarved Set #01 (Unknown Manufacturer) Two Color & Two Piece Tiles (Dark Orange & Jade Green) - Circa 1930's
	Handcarved Set #02 (Unknown Manufacturer) Two Color & Two Piece Tiles (Orange & Red) - Circa 1930's
	Handcarved Set #03 (Unknown Manufacturer) Small Orange Hand-Carved (1 inch tall) - Circa 1930's
	Handcarved Set #04 (Unknown Manufacturer) Small Yellow Hand-Carved (1 inch tall) - Circa 1950's-60's
	M.S. Cowen Set #01 (San Francisco, California) Circa 1930's with 4 Professions and 4 Seated Warriors
Catalin	Cardinal(?) Brand Set #01 (Brooklyn, New York) Yellow Catalin Tiles - Circa 1960's
	Cardinal Brand Set #02 (Brooklyn, New York) Orange Catalin Tiles - Circa 1960's
	Chinese Set #01 (Unknown Manufacturer) Applejuice Catalin Tiles - Circa 1960's
	Coronet(?) Brand Set #01 Yellow-Cream Catalin Tiles - Circa 1950's
	Crisloid Brand Set #01 (Providence, Rhode Island) "Gold Medal Mah Jongg" Set Yellow-Green Catalin Tiles - Circa 1960's
	Crisloid Brand Set #02 (Providence, Rhode Island) "Royal Brand" Set Mint Green Catalin Tiles - Circa 1970's
	E.S. Lowe Brand Set #01 Orange Catalin Tiles - Circa 1950's
	E.S. Lowe Brand Set #02 Butterscotch Catalin Tiles - Circa 1930's-40's
	E.S. Lowe Brand Set #03 Orange-Cream Catalin Tiles - Circa 1950's
	E.S. Lowe Brand Set #04 Two-Toned Butterscotch/Burgundy Catalin Tiles with 'Dovetail' Detail Circa 1930's-40's
	E.S. Lowe Brand Set #05 "Mah Lowe" Set Yellow Catalin Tiles - Circa 1960's
	MET Games Set #01 Orange Enrobed Catalin Tiles - Circa 1950's with 10 Flowers/Seasons/People and 'Happy Buddha' Jokers
	MET Games Set #02 Translucent Swirled Catalin - Circa 1950's with 10 Flowers/Seasons/People and 'Happy Buddha' Jokers (#3 person missing)
	MET Games Set (?) #03 Yellow-orange Catalin - Circa 1940's with 10 Flowers/Seasons/People and 'Happy Buddha' Jokers This set could also be a METRO Games set. I'm still researching this.
	METRO Games Set #01 Burgundy Enrobed Catalin Tiles - Circa 1950's-60's with 16 Flowers/Seasons/People
	Mah Jongg Sales Company(?) Set #01 Butterscotch Catalin - Circa 1930's
	Monobridge Set #01 Beige Catalin Tiles - Circa 1940's
	Rottgames Brand Set #01 Orange Catalin - Circa 1940's
	Rottgames Brand Set #02 Peach-colored Catalin - Circa 1940's Baron Set(?) (Made in Germany?)
	Royal Depth Control Brand Set #01 (A.L. Manufacturing -- Brooklyn, New York) Yellow-Green Catalin Tiles - Circa 1960's 12 Flower/Season/Person tiles plus the Big Joker
	Ten Flowers Brand Set #01 (Eastern Distributors, New York) Butterscotch Catalin - Circa 1940's with "Joker" and "Kibitzer" tiles
	TYL Set #01 Two-Toned Butterscotch/Jade-Green Tiles Circa 1930's-40's
Bone and Bamboo	Mah Jongg Sales Company Set(?) #02 This set came in a Mah Jongg Sale Company (MJSC) slide-top wooden box. Date stamped on the box is April 1923. Some of these tiles don't look like MJSC tiles, but all were wrapped in original tissue.
	Mah Jongg Sales Company Set #03 Circa 1923 The Babcock's Red Book of Rules is dated 1922-Sixth printing
	Mah Jongg Sales Company Set(?) #04 This is another set that came in a Mah Jongg Sale Company (MJSC) slide-top wooden box. Date stamped on the box is April 1923. These don't look like standard MJSC tiles, but again--all were wrapped in original tissue.
	Bone and Bamboo Set #01 (Unknown Manufacturer) Circa 1920's-30' Notice the unique Circle/Dot suits and Flower/Season tiles
	Bone and Bamboo Set #02 (Unknown Manufacturer) Asian-style set - No Arabic Numerals on any tiles - Circa 1940's-50's?
French Ivory Celluloid	Craftmaster Set #01 French Ivory Celluloid Laminated on Thin Black Plastic - Circa 1920's-30's
	Japanese Set #01 (Unknown Manufacturer) French Ivory Celluloid & Bamboo - Circa 1940's ?
	Parker Brothers Set #01 "Tuxedo Set" French Ivory Celluloid Laminated on Hardwood Tiles - Circa 1920's-30's
	Piroxloid Brand Set #01 Ivory-colored French Ivory Celluloid - Circa 1930's-40's
	Piroxloid Brand Set #02 Two-Toned Peach-colored French Ivory Celluloid with Brown Catalin Backs Circa 1930's
	Piroxloid Brand Set #03 Mini Peach-colored French Ivory Celluloid - Circa 1930's Tiles are 3/4 in. wide x 1 1/8 in. tall x 1/8 in. thick
	Pung Chow Brand Set #01 French Ivory Celluloid - Circa 1920's-30's
Pyralin a Pung Chow Brand Trademark	Pung Chow Brand Set #02 Pyralin & Wood Tiles - Circa 1923
	Pung Chow Brand Set #03 Two Tone Ivory and Black Pyralin Applique - Circa 1923
	Pung Chow Brand Set #04 MINI Two Tone Ivory and Black Pyralin Applique - Circa 1923 Notice the arabic numerals on the BAM and DOT suit tiles. Tiles are 3/4 in. wide x 1 in. tall x 5/16 in. thick
Bamboo, Boxwood and Unique	Black Set #01 (made from Graphite?) (Unknown Manufacturer) Circa 1950's-60's? Note that the flower tiles create potted plants when placed together.
	Black Set #02 (made from Jet?) (Unknown Manufacturer) Circa 1930's?
	Chinese Set #02 (Unknown Manufacturer) Bamboo with Painted Lacquer Layer - Circa 1950's? (This set donated by J.W. -- Thanks!)
	Chad Valley Set #01 (Harborne, England) "The 1,000 Year Old Game Of China -- Mah-Jongg" Multi-layer Boxwood with Paper Laminate Faces - Circa 1931
	C.S. Hammond & Co. Set #01 Yellow Heavyweight Cardsotck - Circa 1930's?
	Fu Man Chu Set #01 (Unknown Manufacturer) Embossed Boxwood - Circa 1920's-30's?
	Hillson Co. Set #01 (Boston, Massachusetts) Boxwood with painted faces - Circa 1920's? (This set donated by Harbor Light Antiques, Haverhill, MA 01832 -- Thanks!)
	Mah Jongg Sales Company Set #05 Mah-Jongg Junior Set - Circa 1923 Boxwood with handpainted faces The Babcock's Red Book of Rules is dated 1923-Tenth printing
	Ming Company Set #01 (Chicago, Illinois) Wood with Paper Laminate Inserts - Circa 1920's?
	Novitas Sales Co. Set #01 (Waltham, Massachusetts) Chin-Chow Set - Circa 1920's Yellow Heavyweight Cardstock
	Pung Chow Brand Set #05 Educator's Set - Circa 1923 Embossed Boxwood
	Pung Wo Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Set #01 (Shanghai, China) "The Chinese Game of Pung Wo" Pung Wo Junior Set - Solid Bamboo - Circa 1923
	Wien Set #01 (Made in Austria) Ma Chong Set - Circa 1960's Two piece hollow plastic

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