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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