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Companies

The following are link to company sites that are related in some way to the Gualtieri's

 

 

 The following is some history, companies that no longer exist but were related to the Gualtieri's in some way:

1- Harding Heating              From 1939 To 1944 Chicago, IL. 
  Harding Heating sold in installed Stokly and Anchor Stokers in Chicago, IL. It was called Harding becuase they were on Harding street. It was started by Antonio Gualtieri.

2- Bovey Bottling Company       From 1944 To 1947 Bovey, MN.
  Bovey Bottling Company bottled Dr. Pepper Soda and distributed it along with beer. It was started by Antonio Gualtieri.

3- Perfection Heating & Cooling From 1946 To 1965 Chicago, IL.
  Perfection Heating sold and installed heating and air-conditioning systems. It was started by Salvatore(Sammy) Gualtieri.

4- Dallas City Packing          From 1949 To 1970? Dallas City, IL.
  Dallas City Packing Co. manufactured Italian frozen foods (spaghetti, meatballs, sausage, pizza, etc. It was the first company to use boil-in pouches with spaghetti and meatballs, Italian Beef, barbecue beef, etc. and the first company to sell 5" pizzas to Wriggly Field (Cubs Park) in Chicago, IL. Mario was the first person to deleiver pizza to a professional ball park.

 

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 (Louie, Clorinda, Tony and Dorothy are in the picture, can you find them?)

5- Italian Village              From 1950 To 1970? Dallas City, IL.
  The Italian Village was an Italian Restaurant and Roller Stating Rink. It served all kinds of southern Italian meals and pizza.

 

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The History of Dallas City - Book Part 1       (Update 01/04/2013)

The History of Dallas City - Book Part 2

The History of Dallas City - Book Part 3

The History of Dallas City - Book Part 4

 

 

6- Gualtieri Woodworking              From 1973 To 1996 Melrose Park, IL.
  Edward Gualtieri ran Gualtieri Woodworking out of his home in Melrose Park, IL for 23 years. Eddie did home remodeling and repairs throughout the Chicago-land area. His son Salvatore worked with him for some time as well. His slogan was "If it?s made of wood we can do it." (See his business card in Edward's Sub-album.)

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