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ThefollowingpaintedcanvasadvertisementforToneyLa{ŒŒ;x­businessappearsona <br />largewallmenu/signthatisinthecollectionoftheLouisvilleHistoricalMuseumandis <br />believedtodatefromthelate1930s: <br />ToneyW.LaSallewasborninMarshall,Coloradoin1891or1892andgrewupin <br />Louisvilleat1045FrontStreet.KatherineLaSallewasborninIllinoisinabout1894. <br />Theironlychild,Richard,wasborninLouisvillein1918. <br />ToneyLaSallewasatalentedbaseballplayerwhoplayedsemiprobaseballwitha <br />Denverteam.Aleginjuryinacaraccidentendedhisplayingcareer.Newspapersources <br />showthathewasalsoamanagerofbaseballteamsinthelate1910sandearly1920s.At <br />thetimeofthe1920censusthatwastakenduringthecoldweathermonthofJanuary <br />1920,thecensuslistedToneyLa{ŒŒ;x­occupationasthatofaminer,butnewspaper <br />reportsfromSeptember1920showthathewastheshortstopforateaminRapidCity <br />duringthewarmweathermonths.TheSeptember7,1920editionofthe 5;“Ý;©tš­· <br />reportedthatLaSallewasa{­·©­wš©·­·š¦|playinginthechampionshipgameofthe <br />tš­·x­annualbaseballtournamentwhenanInterurbantraincarryingpassengersfrom <br />Louisville,ontheirwaytowatchhimplay,collidedwithanothertrainonSeptember6, <br />1920.Theaccidentkilledtwelve,ofwhomithasbeenreportedthatsixwerefrom <br />Louisville,andinjured214,ofwhomithasbeenreportedthatmorethanfortywere <br />fromLouisville.La{ŒŒ;x­ownfatherandbrother(whowereontheirwaytowatchhim <br />play)survivedtheaccidentwithinjuries. <br />By1930,ToneyLaSallewasasalesmaninLouisville,with{©7zš­|beingspecifically <br />mentionedonhiscensusrecord.ThefamilyappearstohaverentedhomesinLouisville <br />untilthepurchaseofthispropertyat1041Grantin1931.Thepurchaseoftheproperty <br />andconstructionoftheirhouseappearstohaverepresentedachangeintheE’zŒäx­ <br />fortunesforthebetter,duetoLa{ŒŒ;x­successasabusinessowner. <br />AtaroundthetimeoftheconstructionoftheLaSallehomeat1041Grantin1931, <br />fifteenyearoldRichardLaSallewasalreadyshowingpromiseasatalentedmusician. <br />Hisfatherhadboughthimanaccordionwhenhewasachildandhetooklessonsfrom <br />EliseoJacoe,ownerof[šÒz­ÝzŒŒ;x­JacoeStore.Bythetimehewasfifteen,hewas <br />2 <br />