Larry loved sports - specifically football and baseball. Shown here is a newspaper clipping that reads:
GETTING FITTED with shoulder pads is a problem in today's modern football round and Larry Gates, right, who hopes to become a guard on this year's Bulldog squad finds it out the hard way as new assistant coach Sampsey Harjo assists him in the selection.
Funny, protective gear was evidently a new thing in sports.
Larry (born Lawrence) Gates is one of those men you always knew walked into a room. He dedicated his life to serving his country, help raise children - not just his own, always lent a hand to help strangers and friends, and the majority of his career working to support the contractors & unions that built Silicon Valley into the technology powerhouse it is today.
He is missed, but his impact lives on today through the many of us his life touched.
Documents contain the facts about the people from our past as they educate us and preserve the information for future generations.
Historical documents play a crucial role in preserving and transmitting information about the past, providing evidence for the accuracy of historical accounts, and helping us understand the evolution ...
Baseball, basketball, boxing, soccer, football, hockey, golf, gymnastics, rugby, swimming, track, tennis...photos of people playing sports over the past century and a half.
No, we don't have photos of the first Olympic Games in 776 BC but since the invention of photography, sports activities have been popular subjects for photographers. Just look at the popularity of bas...
I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator. My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.