William Bates Fonds

Scope and Content: Photograph of a basketball team of 10 young men with uniforms labelled "White Tower". The White Tower team were runner-up in the Industrial League in Detroit, Michigan, 1929-1930. Names of the players are listed on the reverse of the photograph. Photograph of an unidentified two-storey brick buil…

History Biographical: William Bates is the son of Alvin (Ab) Bates of Jackson Bates Grocery, 311 - 5 Street South, Lethbridge.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a basketball team of 10 young men with uniforms labelled "White Tower". The White Tower team were runner-up in the Industrial League in Detroit, Michigan, 1929-1930. Names of the players are listed on the reverse of the photograph. Photograph of an unidentified two-storey brick building (possibly a residence). Location is unidentified. Photograph of a football team of eleven unidentified young men. The photograph is labelled "Team '24. C.H.S." Location is unidentified. Photograph of an unidentified aboriginal man wearing a headdress and holding a lance. Location is unidentified. Photograph of an unidentified brass bond (possibly a military band) in front of the Lethbridge Board of Trade building in Galt Gardens, Lethbridge. Street view of Red & White Grocery store operated by Alvin Bates as Jackson Bates Grocery, 311 - 5 Street South, Lethbridge. At left is P.V. Parkes Jewellers.