Young and Tough, NYC, c. 1920s Mounted Portrait, E.L Jenkins signed turner Building blocks become larger structures

Building blocks become larger structures

and shows dark red on the printing side around the silver of the raised letters

with long black braid and painterly decoration all over (a bit hard to tell but seems some combination of crayon and paint

but none as wonderful as these

with the board laying flat atop a box bottom

Young and Tough, NYC, c. 1920s Mounted Portrait, E.L Jenkins signed turner Building blocks become larger structuresThe 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