Geraci obelisk

Nicholas Geraci Born Jan 29 1886 Died May 29 1941	Josephine Geraci Born Sept 10 1888 Died Apr 15 1936
Mary Geraci Williams Born Mar 3 1907 Died Nov 15 1958	Louis D. Geraci Born Aug 9 1909 Died Feb 18 1963

Nicolò (Americanized to Nicholas) was a native of Contessa Entellina. After his arrival in Tampa, he started selling produce in Hyde Park from a horse-drawn wagon. Eventually, he opened a small produce store on 7th Ave and 23rd St. By the 1920s, his business had grown so large that they could process 50 carloads of fruit and vegetables. The business was mostly wholesale and owned one of the largest cold-storage plants in Florida. In order to exploit international fruits, such as bananas, the Geraci family incorporated the American Fruit and Steamship Company.

--information from The Immigrant World of Ybor City by Gary R. Mormino and George E. Pozzetta

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