Homer Wellman, the center for Jamestown High School's 1898 football team, is among the team members showcased in a rare book recently found. The book is part of a collection of Chautauqua County memorabilia on display at Westfield Village Antique Center through May 23.

WESTFIELD — A rare hardcover book documenting Jamestown High School’s 1898 football team has recently been discovered.

The fragile 120-year-old book features photographs of the entire Jamestown High School football team from 1898: George Relf (left tackle), Clarence Wilcox (left half back), Lyle Himebaugh (quarterback), Allen Curtis (left half back), Russell Forbes (full back), Homer Wellman (center), Orsel Price (right tackle), Sidney Baker (left end), Chester Price (right guard), Roy Dschuden (right half back), Claude Ahlstrom (right tackle), Marion Fisher (right end), Luther Lakin (right guard), Parker Sample (left guard), H. Charles Blanchard (substitute half back), Otto Parker (substitute full back), Louis Breed (substitute half back), James Gardner (substitute tackle), Sidney Hoyt (substitute tackle), Fred Whitaker (captain of second Jamestown High School team), Frank G. Curtis (right end), and Edward R. Bootey, Jr. (assistant manager).

The book also appears to feature right guard Chester Price’s autograph.

This slice of local history is just part of a unique collection of over 60 pieces of Chautauqua County’s long-forgotten past that is currently on public display at the Westfield Village Antique Center, now through May 23. All items will be made available to the highest bidder at auction on Friday, May 25.

Other historical Jamestown items to be featured in the exhibit include a handwritten letter from 1873 documenting the outbreak of small pox, nearly 100-year-old Jamestown High School yearbooks and student handbooks, a 1922 Hotel Jamestown prospectus, a 1931 Jamestown High School football program from the November 7, 1931, game against Warren High School, a matchbook from Jamestown’s Brown Derby Restaurant, and two cookbooks with local history: a 1930 Norden Club Ladies’ Auxiliary Cookbook and a Bigelow’s Cookbook published in 1946 and featuring a collection of over 100 recipes sent in by WJTN Radio’s listening audience.

Memorabilia documenting the village of Celoron’s past can also be found in the exhibit and upcoming auction. Items of special interest include a 1931 Celoron High School yearbook, numerous 1920s postcards documenting the toboggan slides, Pier Ball Room, and amusement grounds at Celoron Park, a ticket good for one ride on the Phoenix Wheel, and a program for the Celoron school’s 1937 production of Girl Shy.

The public is invited to view this special collection by visiting the Westfield Village Antique Center, 58 E. Main Street, Westfield, New York, during regular business hours: Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

On Friday, May 25, all items will be sold at auction at the Chautauqua Lake Auction Center at the same address. Additional information can be found at matthewwrodaauctions.com.