Talk:Jerome's
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Founders?
[edit]1979 article lists the founders as Vincent and Esther Navarra, not "Jim". -- Nat Gertler (talk) 20:16, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
- @NatGertler: Full name Vincent James "Jim" Navarra.
- "... Jerry Navarra and his sister Ann Navarra. Their grandfather Girolamo Navarra, who immigrated from his native Italy to San Diego in 1904, bought a site in East Village and operated the Gondola Olive Oil Co. there. Their father, Vincent (Jim) Navarra, founded the furniture company in 1954, and by 2004 the operations had moved to the suburbs and thoughts turned to redevelopment."[1]
- "A strong local network began in the late 1940s when three friends started businesses that supported each other. When Wickline started his company, his friend Vincent James "Jim" Navarra founded a furniture warehouse in San Diego. That operation, Strep Warehouse, has been renamed Jerome's, after Navarra's son, and the two companies still have close ties. Jerome's is the exclusive outlet in San Diego County for Wickline mattresses, Malkiewicz said."[2]
- Vincent James "Jim" Navarra had a grandson, Jim Navarra (Jerry's eldest son), who is also active in the family business. --Worldbruce (talk) 21:25, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
- Fair 'nuff. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 22:10, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
References
- ↑ Showley, Roger (25 May 2013). "Makers Quarter: Next 'It' Place?". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. C-1.
- ↑ Pendray, Julie (3 December 2008). "Made in NC: Family business has made mattresses for 60 years". North County Times.
Sources
[edit]@TheTechie: As the deprodder and one of the main retail editors on Wikipedia, I thought I'd take a deeper look, but I didn't find much. Most of what I found on newspapers.com was merely advertising or routine coverage of store openings. Compare the coverage I found at Ellman's, which went far beyond routine by extensively discussing the store's origins and operations. I'm actually kind of surprised, given the long life of the Jerome's chain. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:38, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
Thank you for taking a look. Yeah, I didn't look at newspapers.com but even then I didn't find anything. Perhaps you could vote on the AfD?TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 17:05, 4 March 2026 (UTC)- Sorry, I did not know that you were topic banned from XfD. Please ignore. TheTechie[she/they] | talk? 17:08, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- It is unsurprising that a search of newspapers.com was unrewarding. Its coverage of the city of San Diego ends in 1939, and its coverage of the county is hyper-local with the exception of the North County Times from 1995 to 2004.
- At a minimum one really needs to search the San Diego Union/San Diego Tribune/San Diego Union-Tribune. The sources cited for Ellman's, founded in the same era, are from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. If the richest sources for Jerome's are from the same period, a basic subscription to NewsBank will be of limited use, since its coverage of San Diego starts in 1983. One would need a subscription to their historical collection (still called ReadEx?), which is less widely available (generally research university libraries), or a tedious scroll through microfilm. --Worldbruce (talk) 19:40, 4 March 2026 (UTC)