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Eventually, all the family established businesses. Anna and Laura owned their dressmakers' shop, and Eugenia ran a dry goods store on Pocasset Avenue near the Johnston city line. By 1910, Salvatore Tirocchi had begun a cement-block manufacturing business, and by the 1920s, the sons of his brother Tito had each done the same. Other Tirocchi businesses included contracting, trucking, a laundry, and, eventually, a real estate firm and several gasoline stations. Anna Tirocchi herself owned rental property and an interest in a gasoline station in addition to the house and shop at 514 Broadway.

Anna Tirocchi, ca. 1915
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