Young and Tough, NYC, c. 1920s Mounted Portrait, E.L Jenkins early primer this would make a spectacular

this would make a spectacular table runner

complete with hand-colored lithographs meant to inspire construction

and on this one how much wear there is the front of the face itself

Feels as fresh as if painted yesterday

making it feel like quite a singular thing

Young and Tough, NYC, c. 1920s Mounted Portrait, E.L Jenkins early primer this would make a spectacularThe combination of photo and mount together really makes this one I think I can just envision this tough young street smart waif wandering around lower Manhattan a hundred years ago or so. And I can't help but to worry and wonder about him and his fate from across the distance of time as if he were my own, so immediate this photo makes him feel. According the NY Public Library, E. L Jenkins operated at three locations in Manhattan over time, the Front