Larry’s 3rd Grade Photo – 1955-1956
We’re assuming this is Larry’s third grade photo. The only marking on it is “ST. AMBROSE – 1955-56.” He would have been 8 years old and that’s usually how old a third grader is.
St. Ambrose is a Catholic church and K-12 school in Anderson, IN. All of the Rudolf children attended.
Passed Out With Sloe Gin
This letter was with all of the other letters. Like the Valentine’s Day Letters, this one is not from Larry’s immediate family. It’s from Linda, probably one of his high school friends, who also sent one of the aforementioned Valentine’s. This letter included the photo pictured above. It was in pretty bad shape as it must have gotten wet and part of the letter stuck to it. We tried our best to clean it up with a little water and Bestine. That seemed to work pretty well, as you can see below. She seems to be passed out with a bottle of DeKuyper Sloe Gin, but she explains what is really going on in the letter below.
1965 AHS Yearbook – Signatures
These scans were taken from the 1965 Indian, Anderson High School’s annual yearbook. These are scans of some of the signatures that other students wrote to Larry, who was a sophomore at the time. (click a thumbnail to enlarge and read some of them)
Some of the standouts are:
-Larry-
A real cool kid I’ve known for a long time. Good luck and watch out for drinking, too much milk.
Dave
-Larry-
To a real nice kid in my math class that likes to throw chalk. Good luck Larry.
Eddie
Larry
To a real bad football player. Good luck in the future Polock.
Phil “67″
To a tuff guy in my home room and a tuff football player.
Mike
P.S. Keep drinking milk.
1965 AHS Yearbook – Wrestling Team
These scans were taken from the 1965 Indian, Anderson High School’s annual yearbook. Larry was a sophomore on the wrestling team. If you are having trouble finding him, he is in the second row from the top, 4 from the left.. (Click to enlarge)
The headline for this page says “Pair of state champs, Continued »
1965 AHS Yearbook – Larry’s Sophomore Picture
These scans were taken from the 1965 Indian, Anderson High School’s annual yearbook. Larry was a sophomore and is the handsome devil in the middle square.
1965 AHS Yearbook – JV Football Team
These scans were taken from the 1965 Indian, Anderson High School’s annual yearbook. Larry was a sophomore guard on the junior varsity football team. If you are having trouble finding him, he is #57 in row 3. (Click to enlarge)
The headline for this page says “Football Reserves win Continued »
Photos – Dinner Time
A typical dinner setting at the Rudolf household in the early to mid 1960′s with Charlie’s (the person taking the picture) seat empty and Amelia on the far right. In the back, from left to right, is Carol, Joanna and Tresa. Turning around at the front of the table is Karl and Larry.
Photo – Charlie and Amelia
Charlie and Amelia in the Kitchen. Charlie holds a Falstaff while Amelia holds a dish towel. (approximately early to mid 1960′s)
Photo – Charlie ‘Rolls His Own’
Charlie rolling his own cigarette. [probably early to mid 1960's]
“Roll and Falstaff — can’t envision Daddy without either. I used to run down to the neighborhood drug store (Mary’s on Forrest Terrace across from Uncle Tommy’s house … he would give me 5 cents extra to get myself some penny candy from the glass candy display) to get him Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco and OCB papers.” -Tresa
Photo – Schmulick and the Garbage Can
Schmulick, the family cat, guarding the garbage can.
Useless Trivia: Amelia still keeps her garbage can in this exact spot to this day. On the shelf in the top left is a can of Chase and Sanborn Coffee.
