Title	Kates - Leal - Shirra
Description	Pictured left to right: Willard A. Kates, Rose Leal, Jeanette R. Shirra and Anthony T. Kates. Willard A. Kates (June 21, 1901 to December 29, 1990) was born in Illinois to Anthony T. Kates and Mary Catherine (Shirra) Kates. He had two sisters: Helen and Margaret. He attended Northwestern Military Academy in Lake Geneva and the University of Wisconsin (Madison). He was the founder of the William A. Kates Co. in Deerfield, Illinois, a flow regulator manufacturing company. Anthony Thomas Kates was born in October 1853 in Indiana. He married Mary Catherine in 1895 and they had three children: Helen, Margaret and Willard A. Mr. Kates started a hardware business in 1890 with his friend Richard Bray, but they also assembled milk cans in the back of the store. When the milk can business expanded, they constructed the Bray & Kates factory which manufactured dairy containers until 1921. The business was sold to Creamery Package Company in 1921, at which time he entered the oil business. Mr. Kates also served on the Arlington Heights High School Board in 1923. He died on December 29, 1941. This item is part of the Arlington Heights Historical Society (http://www.ahmuseum.org).
Subject	Friendship
Keywords	Lake Geneva
Proper Names	Kates, Anthony T.; Kates, Helen; Kates, Margaret; Kates, Williard A.; Kates, Mary Catherine; Kates, A. T.; Shirra, Mary Catherine; Leal, Rose; Shirra, Jeanette R.
Organization	Creamery Package Company Creamery Package Co., The Creamery Package Co. Creamery Package Manufacturing Company Creamery Packaging Company Bray & Kates Factory Bray and Kates Factory Northwestern Military Academy University of Wisconsin—Madison William A. Kates Co.
Participant	Arlington Heights Memorial Library with materials owned by the Arlington Heights Historical Society
Rights	Notice: This material may be protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U. S. Code). May not be reproduced without permission from the Arlington Heights Historical Society. For more information contact ahmuseum@ahpd.org.
Contributing Institution	Arlington Heights Memorial Library with materials owned by the Arlington Heights Historical Society
Date	September 1914
Type	Photograph
Format	Paper
City	Arlington Heights
State	Illinois
Country	United States
Decade	1910s (1910-1919)
Copyright	Notice: This material may be protected by U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U. S. Code). May not be reproduced without permission from the Arlington Heights Historical Society.
AcquisitionData	Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), 100 DPI, 8-bit color (256 colors)
DateCataloged	2011-07-06
PlaceKept	Located at the Arlington Heights Historical Museum, AHHS Collection, Arlington Heights Historical Society Archives
Language	English
Audience	Intended for genealogists and local history researchers.
Collection Name	Arlington Heights People and Places