Domenico "Domingo" Ghirardelli was an Italian-born chocolatier who was the founder of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company in San Francisco, California.
Domingo Ghirardelli
Ghirardelli in San Francisco, c.1862
A selection of Ghirardelli's chocolate in the flagship shop at Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, California
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is an American confectioner, wholly owned by Swiss confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli. The company was founded by and is named after Italian chocolatier Domenico Ghirardelli, who, after working in South America, moved to California. The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company was incorporated in 1852, and is the third-oldest chocolate company in the US, after Baker's Chocolate and Whitman's.
1864 advertisement from The California Miner's Almanac
1871 Ghirardelli advertisement
A can of chocolate from the 20th century
Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco