Box 1
Container
Contains 29 Results:
Tattoo Ephemera Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 064-04-01
Scope and Contents
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
1881-1943
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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Tattoo Ephemera Collection
Captain Georges Costentenus, tattooed man, handbill, double-sided. Royal Aquarium, London, England., 1881
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
1881
Smith & Howard Tattooers Supplies catalog. Boston, MA. Note: the Howard referred to here is famous 19th century Tattooed Man and sideshow performer, Prof. Frank Howard, who was born in Providence, RI., c.1890
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
c.1890
Life & History of Madame Ondena: The Tattooed Lady, autobiographical pitch pamphlet. Birmingham, England., c.1895
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
c.1895
Fujiya Hotel menu card with advertisement for Hori Chiyo’s tattoo studio on the verso. Yokohama, Japan., 1892
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
1892
“The Original Gus Wagner, Professional Globe Circler & Tattooed Man,” graphic letterhead. Kansas City, MO., c.1905
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
c.1905
Blatz & May Electric Tattooing Machines and Supplies mail order catalog with envelope. Buffalo, NY., 1911
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
1911
Handwritten letter from tattoo artist Jack O’Neal to Michigan tattoo artist William Witham., 1911
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
1911
John H. Temke’s Catalogue of Tattooing Supplies. Cincinnati, OH., c. 1919
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
c. 1919
Tattoo Artists’ Machines, Supplies, & Appliances, 32-page illustrated catalog by Professor E. Jay Miller. Norfolk, VA., 1927
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Tattoo Ephemera Collection contains printed materials, including advertisements, promotional fliers, various instructions, and a variety of catalogs, among other items and memorabilia. Items are predominantly from North America, specifically the United States, though there is also material from England as well as from the historic Fujiya Hotel just outside of Tokyo, Japan, which features an advertisement for the famed tattoo artist Hori Chiyo, retained at the time by the resort. Also of...
Dates:
1927