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CIRCA
- 1950s
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SIZE
- 10" x
14"
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PRICE GUIDE
- $50.00 - $75.00
Very Good -
Excellent
Condition
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Placemat from Joe DiMaggio's World Famous Restaurant & Cocktail lounge,
overlooking the world-famous
Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. In
1937, a season removed from his
All-Star rookie season with the New
York Yankees, Joe DiMaggio invested
$25,000 in the restaurant. Named "Joe
DiMaggio's Grotto," he brought his
brothers in, and left Tom in charge to
run the business. Their farther
Giuseppe was a lifelong fisherman, as
were generations of DiMaggio's before
him. Not long before the restaurant was
opened, the father and older brothers
set out every morning to take crabs off
the ocean floor. Joe received a
wholesale price of 22 cent a crab for
his catch.
Placemats such
as these were used by restaurants to
keep their patrons entertained,
educated, and amused while they were
waiting for their meals to be served.
They were meant to be used once and
discarded.
The brown and gold print placemat
depicts Joe DiMaggio's World Famous
Restaurant & Cocktail lounge. The lower
right reads: "World Famous, Di
Maggio's, Restaurant and Cocktail
Lounge, enquire about our banquet
facilities PH. 675 2266" Most placemats
found in the market are autographed and
folded. And, if the signature is not
properly authenticated, they do not
sell much more than an unsigned
placemat.
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Joe DiMaggio's World Famous
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