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I had a look for this chap on the web - trying to work out what sport he played. I think there's a typo in your title here - "Tuominen"? - but it seems like his name might be "Tueminen," and in fact, there's another LOC record that says as much.

This is probably Finnish wrestler Nestori Tuominen, who won the gold medal (note: annoying popup ad with audio at that link) in the 67.0kg class in the Greco-Roman style at the Wrestling World Championships in 1911. Also, note that the surname is spelled correctly by Bain on this negative.

Righto... misspelled in other places then :)

whyaduck: Thanks for the heads up! You're correct, this is Nestori Tuominen, a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. We're going to change the source data and reload the description here in Flickr to match. (And we'll be fixing that other LOC record depicting him as well, George!)

This is likely to be "Fireman" Jim Flynn www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=011641&cat=boxer

"Assuming an Irish name was not unusual in that era of boxing; there were Jewish fighters with Irish names too; and Jim Flynn, the only man who ever knocked out Jack Dempsey, was actually named Andrea Chiariglione. One reason for the name changes is that there were not enough Irish fighters to satisfy the large number of Irish fans." -- Pete Hamill, "Why Sinatra Matters" (Boston: Little, Brown, 1998), p. 58.

As of November 21, 2010, there were 13 Bain/LOC photos of Jim Flynn on Flickr. Another Bain/LOC photo of boxer Jim Flynn:

Kid Williams (1893-1963) was born John Gutenko in Copenhagen, Denmark. His family immigrated to the United States in 1904, settling in Baltimore, Maryland. He began his professional career there in 1910, at the age of 16, with a fifth-round KO of Shep Farren. In 1914, he took the Bantamweight World Championship title from boxer Johnny Coulon, knocking him out in the third round of a scheduled twenty-round bout held at Vernon, California. He lost the title to Pete Herman in 1917. Williams' boxing career continued until 1929, finally totalling more than 200 bouts, of which he won 156. Kid Williams at the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Box Rec bout list.

I like his hair!!!