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The name of the player on the right is "Wilmas", not "Williams". These may be members of the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians 1914 football team. . A write up in the New York Times of a game played between Carlisle and Brown on November 26, 1914 mentioned the names of Carlisle players named Wofford and Wallmas (or Welmas, spelled both ways in the article). At that time, the coach of Carlisle was Glenn "Pop" Warner. The date written at the top of both these photos is 11/14/14. On November 14, 1914, Carlisle played Notre Dame in Chicago, a game which the Indians lost 48-6.

Thanks for catching the typo and pointing out alternate spellings of the name, as well as the date. We'll add information to the record when we update.

Yes, it's pretty clear these are players on the "Carlisle Indians" football team of 1914, coached by the not-yet-legendary Pop Warner. The monument to Warner on the Stanford campus: www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/4017400485/

Jesse Wofford (mentioned as a 17 year old player) and Phil Welmas (this seems to be the actual spelling) are mentioned in this article about a game with Cornell:
select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70715F93E5B1773...

Another Bain Collection photo of Welmas:



Other Bain Carlisle football photos:
www.flickr.com/search/?w=8623220@N02&q=carlisle%20foo...

These fellas looked more sturdy than the average man of that era. I can see why they would make good football players.

The gentleman to the right is my Great Uncle. Just found this photo today. Very cool!

Many people who are Natie American consider the word "Squaw" racist and do not like it.

Thanks for your comment. Our cataloging style is to transcribe period handwriting, when it is available, as the title. If no title is available, we use square brackets and create the title. Certainly, we would never create a title using a term that could be deemed offensive! We appreciate your taking the time to share this information.

Back then, when this was written, little thought was given as to what was offensive or racist; it was what it was. Nowadays, it's a whole different situation with everyone trying to be PC.

Squaw sounds like an Indian word to me. Did some white guy sit down and say to himself "Hmmm, now what word can I dream up that sounds Indian for the word "woman" so that a hundred years from now I can tick off some Native American Indian?" I don't think so. We latinos used to have a slang word for the word "girl"; it was "rooka" and for guy it was "bato". I guess some PC latino out there will someday be offended by it. Good grief people let's grow up a litte.

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I feel there is a great deal of mutual respect between these two people!! :)

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Great shot from long time ago !!!

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They are probably performers. I think that show is still going in at the Fort Worth Stock Yards.

That would be otter fur covering his twin hair braids, extended to great lengths here. Lovely star fire medallion, silver no doubt, holds his kerchief. Stars were a talisman to Quannah. Eagle feathers on bonnet and on his terrible lance, now seemingly modified to a staff with a less lethal point. But those notches on the staff? Probably not just for show. Each could represent a bitter campaign he fought, or engagements where his bravery was surely put to the test in defense of his beliefs and family. many in this Fat Stock Show audience thought him little more than a murdering savage, yet he proved them wrong at every turn. A true patriot who fought valiantly for his people in war and in peace. We'll not see his like ever again, I fear. This photo is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing the history of our beloved Texas. As one who is related to the Parker clan, and thus to Quanah, these images bring tears to my eyes easily. Lawrence Jones III saved the history of Texas for posterity through his unceasing efforts at collecting and archiving these images, expending his life savings many times over to acquire images such as this one, and now he and the institution he chose to preserve them for all share freely with us. What a magnificent gift to be able to show this to my son.