Paterson Pacific Parchment Company (sold)
Paterson Paper was founded in 1923 in San Francisco, California to specialize in printing and converting paper products. Eventually they relocated to Sunnyvale California and in 1991, the company relocated to the city of Sparks, Nevada. Among their offerings to the restaurant industry have been placemats printed on a variety of themes, including maps.
A Glimpse of Expanding St. Petersburg, Florida.
This 1962 placemat map of St. Petersburg, Florida is a promotional work for a seafood restaurant. Decorated with crawfish and other seafood, the centerpiece is a road map of St. Petersburg from its barrier islands on the Gulf Coast to the Tampa Bay shore, extending from Pinellas Point in the south to Bay Drive in the North. The map captures the city just prior to a series of major changes to its infrastructure: Boca Ciega Bay's landfill islands such as Capri, Paradise Island, and Yacht Club Estates did not yet exist, for example. The Pinellas Byway bridge does not appear here: it would not be completed until December, 1962. The Welch Causeway, connecting Madeira Beach with Seminole Boulevard, was built earlier that year, giving us the 1962 dating. (more details)