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Lost tattoo art from the Bowery reveals American tattoo origins.
Flash from the Bowery
classic american tattoos, 1900-1950
$218.45
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2011
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Summary
Flash from the Bowery: Unearthing the Lost Art of Early American Tattoo
Between these pages lies a treasure trove: images of original acetate rubbings from Charlie Wagner’s turn-of-the-20th-century tattoo shop, The Black Eye Barbershop, in New York’s Bowery. This is the only known art that has survived from the shop where Samuel J. O’Reilley’s groundbreaking electric tattoo machine was born and patented.
Witness the origins of American tattoos through this classic flash, use…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780764339288 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0764339281 |
| Author: | Cliff White |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 1.87kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 298mm |
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About The Author
Cliff White
Cliff R. White opened his first tattoo shop, Cliff’s Tattoo, in Centereach, New York, in August of 1989. He has been researching and collecting tattoo memorabilia and history for almost 30 years.
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