Young and Tough, NYC, c. 1920s Mounted Portrait, E.L Jenkins signed turner ) and their riders

) and their riders

Some surface scratches and general wear and aging as evident

and even better in a terrific period frame holding two pieces of glass

1674-1748) ending with Here consecrated water flows / To quench my thirst of sin

but none as wonderful as these

Young and Tough, NYC, c. 1920s Mounted Portrait, E.L Jenkins signed turner ) and their ridersThe 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