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Quite great shot!

"Joseph "Colonel Joe" Henry Thompson (September 26, 1871 – February 1, 1928) was a highly decorated World War I veteran, recipient of the Medal of Honor, lawyer, Pennsylvania state senator, head football coach of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, and College Football Hall of Fame inductee." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Thompson

It seems that the photo shows athletes of the soldier team at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris 1919. Among the members were: - Meredith House, Riverside, Cal., 200-metre low hurdles - Fred W. Kelly, Los Angeles, 100-metre high hurdles - R. L. Byrd, Chicago, discus throw - Ed Caughey, Ukiah, Cal., 16-pound shot put (s. The evening world., June 23, 1919, Final Edition, Image 15, col. 1 & 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1919-06-23/ed-...)

Looks to be taken at the same location as:

I hypothesize that both pictures were taken just after the troops arrived back in North America.

New-York Tribune., August 10, 1919, Page 23
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reported that members of the Inter-Allied track team were on the Imperator and due to dock at Hoboken that afternoon.

Norwich bulletin., August 11, 1919, page 1, column 2, half-way down
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confirmed that Colonel Joseph H. Thompson was with them on the Imperator.

Capt. J. A. Praether is J. Allen Praether "special representative (of the Capitol City Athletic Club, Washington), former captain, United States army ... J. Allen Praether, well known in the sporting world here, has been authorized to promote, organize and solicit subscriptions for the capital stock of the new club." (The Washington herald., December 16, 1920, Page 3, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1920-12-16/ed-...)

Edgar R. Caughey was the winner of the shot put, s. The sun., August 11, 1919, Page 9, col. 5 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-08-11/ed-... According to other sources, his name was Reginald E. Caughey, s. e.g. - 'Annals of the Olympic Club, San Francisco', 1914, p. 43: "Reg. Caughey — He is Australian champion in putting the 16-pound shot" archive.org/stream/annalsofolympicc00olym#page/42/mode/2up/ and - 'Stanford: Home of Champions' by Gary Migdol, p. 51: "Stanford LEGEND - Reginald E. "Reg" Caughey" books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA51&lp...

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
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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!