"The Italian Market"

By 1915, a second generation of Italian Americans organized a business association in response to competition from nearby markets. Its officers' ancestries came from central and southern Italy and eastern Sicily, while other members were also Americans of northern and eastern European, Lebanese, and Asian heritage. Italian foods and products nevertheless always dominated, and the market became the foundation for the region's major Italian food manufacturers and purveyors. The honored founding families were Baldi, Bonuomo, Cappucco, DiBruno, Dicrecchio, D'Orazio, Esposito, Giordano, Giunta, Grassia, Jacovini, Maggio, Sarcone, and Vellios.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States