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Season 22 Episode 4
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Season 22 Episode 8
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Making of Italian San Francisco

Season 21 Episode 2

Italians arrived fairly early in the economic development of California. In this episode, discover how those entrepreneurs created some of San Francisco’s most iconic and successful businesses, including the Bank of America and Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory, and helped establish the city’s famous and enduring Fisherman’s Wharf.