tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975984889937923827.post1696783304092340552..comments2023-08-24T06:32:55.020-07:00Comments on The Marx Brothers: The Brothers and the CubsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975984889937923827.post-33278104157223328842012-11-04T22:23:47.472-08:002012-11-04T22:23:47.472-08:00Edgewood Ave runs North and South about halfway be...Edgewood Ave runs North and South about halfway between Brainard Ave. and Willow Springs Road/Gilbert Ave - it is the western boundary of the La Grange County Club.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975984889937923827.post-68471210443372181212012-09-07T10:21:46.164-07:002012-09-07T10:21:46.164-07:00David, do you mean Yorkville is 24 miles from LaGr...David, do you mean Yorkville is 24 miles from LaGrange?<br /><br />Also, "Lyons Farm" could refer to any farm in Lyons Township, which includes LaGrange, Countryside, and more. Lyons Township High School is in LaGrange.<br /><br />I don't see an Edgwood Rd., but in the LaGrange-Countryside area today, there are the Edgewood Valley Country Club, Edgewood Valley this and that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975984889937923827.post-18950371403597191442010-04-06T15:24:08.947-07:002010-04-06T15:24:08.947-07:00As best I can tell, the family moved to Chicago in...As best I can tell, the family moved to Chicago in 1909, living in an apartment at 4649 South Calumet Avenue. By 1912, they were living in a house at 4649 South Calumet Avenue (now Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.). Now things get a little murky. Gummo's WWI draft card gives his address as "Edgwood Rd., Lyons Farm, Illinois." The only Lyons Farm I can find in present-day Illinois is in Yorkville, which is about 240 miles from LaGrange. But he gives his occupation as farmer. Maybe there was another Lyons Farm in 1917. In 1920, the family moved back to NYC. So I think it's safe to say Groucho meant they lived in the Chicago <em>area</em> for (about) 12 years, including time on the farm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006644312781883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4975984889937923827.post-8567923225111007712010-04-06T10:52:02.731-07:002010-04-06T10:52:02.731-07:00I beg to differ. Groucho says in "The Marx Br...I beg to differ. Groucho says in "The Marx Brothers Scrapbook"...<br /><br />"We lived in Chicago for twelve years. I saw Ty Cobb play baseball many a day at White Sox Park. We lived right near there. We bought a house for $25,000.00. We paid a thousand down and owed the rest." <br /><br />They moved to LaGrange sometime later...Bob Gasselnoreply@blogger.com