Alfred Gagnon Album and Photographs

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 064-02-05

Staff Only

Dates

1916-1926

Creator

Gagnon, Alfred, 1891-1954 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials are open to research

Conditions Governing Use

PPL does not claim copyright to this collection. Users of this item are responsible for determining copyright restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Alfred Gagnon was a tattoo artist, cartoonist, and commercial artist who lived with his parents in Manchester, New Hampshire for most of his life. He seems to have begun tattooing in the mid-1920s and advertised as a professional tattoo artist from 1930 to 1947 in Manchester directories. Photographs in the collection depict him in a wheelchair, and due to his limited mobility he operated his tattoing and painting businesses from the first floor of his parents' home. Gagnon also suffered from arthritic in his hands, which was likely the reason he stopped tattoing in 1947.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (Three photographs, album binding (separated), approximately 123 leaves of artwork.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in four large folders and one four-fold enclosure within an oversized box. The enclosure includes three photographs of Gagnon. Gagnon's album was disbound, and the sheets are housed in the first three oversized folders in their original order. The fourth folder contains the decorative album covers.