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Largo Ownership, 1921-1944 In 1921, Elizabeth Steinbaugh sold 1109 Spruce to Amelia Veronda Largo (1878-1940). Elizabeth's husband, J.J. Steinbaugh, already employed one of Amelia' sons at his store. Amelia and her husband, Antonio, had both been born in Italy and immigrated to the U.S. They had five children together and he died in 1910. Of the five siblings, at least two, Tony (1902-1983) and Helen (1907-1983), lived at 1109 Spruce with their mother. At some point in the 1930s, the three appear to have moved elsewhere in Louisville, but after the death of Helen in 1940, Tony Largo's siblings turned over ownership of the house to him. The house is located just south of Louisville's Miners Field, which was first used as an athletic field in the late 1800s and which was donated to the Town of Louisville in 1923. The following is a close-up of a photo of a baseball team was taken in circa 1940, looking south, and appears to show the north side (rear) of 1109 Spruce in the background: Junior Ownership, 1944-1982 In 1944, Henry "Hank" Junior (1910-1981) purchased 1109 Spruce from Tony Largo. He was unmarried. He served in the Army during World War II. Louisville directories show that he lived in the house. His parents, Manuel Junior (1879-1966) and Lillian V. Gerard Junior (1887-1951), also lived in the house from the time when he purchased it until they died. Manuel Junior had been born in France and Lillian was born in the U.S. to parents who had come from France. Hank Junior worked as a coal miner in the Louisville area. The following excerpt of an image from Boulder's Carnegie Library for Local History shows Miners Field and this house in the circa 1940s. 1109 Spruce is in the center of the 3