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Unidentified male seated whose photo was included in a letter to Marie LeSuir from San Francisco on April 9, 1912.

The headline reads: 20,000 PARADE IN HONOR OF AMERICAN OLYMPIC HEROES

The caption reads: "Jim" Thorp. A. R. Kiviat. Louis Scott. N. S. Tabor. George Bonhag. Tell Berna. Harry Babcock. Ralph Craig. Platt Adams. A. W. Richards.

American Olympic champions in their American sport coats wearing olive wreaths.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: This is the picture we take at shop. See me in there?

Archie Quamala stands outside a tailor shop along with three unidentified men as well as a small dog.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cut of 1912 picture     Warner & Thorpe     Middle back row - standing.   Credit John Steckbeck "Fabulous Redman"    

Studio portrait of Joshua Hermeyesva wearing a uniform.

The headline reads: THORPE, A WONDERFUL INDIAN

The description reads: Jim Thorpe, the wonderful Sac and Fox Indian youth of the Carlisle School, who is picked by many to win the tryout for the American Olympic game in the Pentathlon all-around event at Celtic Park, New York, Saturday. Thorpe has done the 100-yard in 10 seconds, broad jumped 23 feet, high jumped 6 feet, 2 1-2 inches, has put the shot 44 feet, run the high hurdle in 13 3-5 seconds and the low hurdles in 26 seconds. Three performances give him a strong claim to the title of champion all-around athlete. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds.

View of George Willard in his uniform for the Wheelock's Indian Band.

The printed caption reads: EDGAR L. ROGERS Candidate for COUTNY ATTORNEY

The handwritten note reads: Cass Lake, Minn

Edward L. Rogers in suit.

The handwritten note reads: Thorpe

Jim Thorpe shaking hands with Moses Friedman while Glenn "Pop" Warner, Lewis Tewanima, and a crowd look on.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Photo of myself, Edw. P. Davis.

The caption reads: Shop of Edw. P. Davis, Alma, Mich.

View of Edward P. Davis' barber shop, which was located in a hotel in Alma, Michigan.

Studio portrait of George Vedernack in football uniform.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Compliments of Edith A. Bailly.

The handwritten note reads: Lida W.

Lida O. Wheelock on stage behind a table holding a bowl. The other two individuals on the stage are unidentified, but one person believes that Martin Wheelock may be pictured at the center of the stage.

The caption reads: JOHN GODFROY     Indiana's Only Police Officer of Indian Extraction

This image of John J. Godfrey on his appointment to patrolman appears in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in 1912.

A panoramic view of Elmer Echo Hawk's house in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 1912.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 1260

The headline reads: CARLISLE INDIAN ATHLETES LIKELY TO MAKE OLYMPIC TEAM

The captions reads: TEWAUNIA, MARATHON.    THORPE, WEIGHTS, HURDLES AND SPRINTS.

The caption reads: Louis Tewanima

The printed note reads: IN THE 10,000-METER RUN AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN STOCKHOLM TEWANIMA SECOND PLACE-HE IS A FULL-BLOOD HOPI INDIAN AND IS CONSIDERED AMERICA'S GREATEST LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER

Tewanima in his Carlisle Track and Field Uniform.

Lewis Tewanima in his Carlisle Track and Field Uniform.

The reverse side reads: Oliver Brown aged 21 - years 

Oliver Brown was Eliza Bell Brown's son.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Adaline Bontang

Adeline Boutang with an unidentified women, man, and child.

Raymond Stewart stands with his family outside his house in Rosebud, South Dakota around 1912.

The reverse side includes a note from Stewart to administrators at the Carlisle Indian School.

The caption reads: HOME OF REV CHARLES JOURNEYCAKE LAST CHIEF OF THE DELAWARES ALLUWE, OKLA.,

The reverse side contains a note from Robert Newcomb to Wallace Denny sent on February 16, 1912.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Clemence LeTraille

Clemence LaTraille with an unidentified student.

The caption reads: THE MISSION

This image is from the letterhead of Reverend James G. Dickson's correspondence with the school. The image is from Pendleton, Oregon and tepees can be seen in the background.