Young Man with Many Animals, Curious Old Real Photo Postcard gray scale watercolor facing off with cocks in

facing off with cocks in hand--and with the shadow of what looks to be a woman in skirt hovering over them

and with a lot more life left in it

terrific plaid trousers and--look closely--a twig hanging poking out of the corner of his mouth

(I have not polished it

embracing a sweetheart - while looking straight at us with an expression that seems some combination of eager and sly

Young Man with Many Animals, Curious Old Real Photo Postcard gray scale watercolor facing off with cocks inI would really love to know everything about the young man in this photo, who appears to have a rat perched atop his hat, a bird on his shoulder, a dog in one hand and what? a log??? in the other! An animal whisperer one has to think! And perhaps it was termites infesting the log, or fleas infesting the dog, that left what appears to be a trail of almost microscopic little bites across the surface of the photo, which I can't feel at all on the