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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

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