Tattoo artists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Eddie Poferl Tattoo Collection
Collection
Identifier: 064-02-01
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the tattoo tools, records and tattoo designs related to Poferl’s work as an early 20th century American tattooer. Included are original designs and illustrations by Poferl, tattoo equipment and ephemera especially related to his collegial relationship with contemporary tattooer Percy Waters.
Dates:
1900 - 1925
Tattoo Ephemera Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31116021787723]
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