1912summerolympics

4th from right, in long-sleeves, looks like Jim Thorpe to me.

Notice the final "TI" of TUTTI FRUTTI on the bill board appears on www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2423488900/

Well spotted on both counts swang. Jim Thorpe it is. He's the only one not wearing a club or college emblem too.

As one commenter said in the other contiguous photograph to which you have linked, it looks like there were some more athletes to the right of that photogrpah too. So they may be a third in this series.

It is very fitting that Thorpe is the only athlete not wearing any sort of affiliated clothing. It makes him stand out for the truly remarkable athlete he was.

I always thought Jim Thorpe was a very tall man. I am surprised to see that he is not, compared to the others.

Looks like Hilltop Park in New York.

Clarence Chester Childs (1884-1960) was an American athlete who took the bronze medal for the hammer throw in the 1912 Olympics. Here he is at Wikipedia, and This January, 1912, New York Times item notes his resignation as captain of the Yale track team. Simon Peter Gillis (1880-1964), a Canadian-born American athlete who competed in the 1908 and 1912 summer Olympics. Sports Reference webpage.

rockcreek: Thanks for the keen eyes! It does appear to match the other photograph of Hilltop Park, so we'll add that detail to the record. whyaduck: Thanks for the additional information on these athletes. We will expand the descriptive data and reload it to Flickr.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McDonald_(athlete) "Patrick Joseph "Pat" McDonald (born McDonnell; July 29, 1878 – May 16, 1954) was born in Doonbeg, County Clare, Ireland. He competed as an American track and field athlete in a variety of the throwing events. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and of the New York City Police Department, working as a traffic cop in Times Square for many years." Someone reckons this is "setting the world shot-put record at Celtic Park in Sunnyside, October 22, 1911." See books.google.com/books?id=6COtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA74&lp... See NYPL photo at digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-6519-a3d9-e040...

Looking for an event that is compatible with the approximate chronology of the Bain stream ...

The [New York] Sun., August 24, 1919, Section 2 Sporting Section, Page 2, Image 18
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-08-24/ed-...
reports on the annual senior track and field championships of the Metropolitan Association at Pershing Field, New Jersey. At this event, McDonald competed on behalf of the New York Athletic Club, which used the logo of Mercury's winged foot. That appears to be the logo on his shirt here. He won the shot-put and throwing the 56lb weight.

Michael A. Devanney (see nearby photo) won the mile at the same event. Pete White (also in a nearby photo) won the 100 yard dash.

The backdrop of the Devanney photo is consistent with a photo of Pershing Field. See

Thanks, swanq!