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during the growing season. These tomatoes would be re -sold to Louisville housewives making <br />Italian tomato sauce. <br />Like other store owners in Louisville, the Jacoes extended credit to their customers. This was <br />especially important in a town like Louisville, where mining was seasonal and men were out of <br />work during the summers. The accounts from the Jacoe Store were found in the Jacoe <br />basement when the building was being prepared to be a museum building. <br />Ann Jordinelli Jacoe passed away in 1954. In 1958, Eliseo Jacoe announced his retirement for <br />health reasons after 35 years of operating the store, and passed away not long after. <br />The following photo of the house and a ground layout sketch are from the Boulder County <br />Assessor card that is dated 1948. An outhouse can be seen on the left. <br />GROUND PLAN SKETC <br />FRONT <br />The Jacoes had rented the store from the Tomeo Family. It is believed that when Eliseo Jacoe <br />stopped operating the store in 1958, Dominic Tomeo then used it for storage and not for active <br />business operations. <br />Today, the Jacoe Store is the main building of the Museum. It is where the Museum staff <br />members primarily work and where they and volunteers greet visitors. It opened as a museum <br />10 <br />