Well, I was on the right track with a '39 Lasalle, but not exactly correct.
I got in contact the the curator of the Cadillac/Lasalle museum. He reviewed the 3 photos that there are of the car and confirmed it to be a 1939 Cadillac model 7557 Coupe. Without the commonly found passenger side mounted spare tire. The 7557 Coupe had the longer door and straight B pillar which are the features that were not matching the Lasalle for me.
He noted that the 7557 Coupe would have had a much larger forward passenger compartment than the Lasalle coupe and provided a more comfortable ride for Tomaini with his height.
The 7557 Coupe appears to have been more of the less frequently ordered model as many went for the larger sedan or the convertible if buying a smaller model.
So, based on Frank Lefever's death (mid 1950), the definitive time frame of the photo is the 1940's. Based on what we know now...
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