Kates - Leal - Shirra
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).
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
Date
September 1914
Type
Photograph
Format
Paper
City
Arlington Heights
State
Illinois
Country
United States
Decade
1850-1859 1860-1869 1870-1879 1880-1889 1890-1899 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999
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
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