Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950

Priceless Luke M. Meade This book contains an astonishing number of authentic traditional tattoo designs. If you are a traditional tattooer, a tattoo historian, or a folk art enthusiast, this book is worth its weight in gold. Each page is thoughtfully laid out and the designs are boldly and skillfully outlined in black, unlike in "Sailor Jerry's Tattoo Stencils," w. Indispensable resource A must for tattoo reference. Huge. Hundreds of pictures. Only complaint is the paper of the books is really cheap and delicate (almost like newsprint) will damage the page if you trace with tracing paper.. Amazon Customer said Perfect!. Very very happy with this purchase! Amazing book quality, it arrived in perfect condition and very fast, I would recommend this seller. Will definitely shop soon! Thank you!

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

About the Author Cliff R. He has been researching and collecting tattoo memorabilia and history for almost 30 years. . White opened his first tattoo shop, Cliff's Tattoo, in Centereach, New York, in August of 1989

Including nautical themes, Asian imagery, flowers, boxers, circus characters, and plenty of girls, this is an exciting collection of early American flash and a necessary book for the tattoo artist, aficionado, and student.. Between these pages are images of the original acetate rubbings from Charlie Wagner's turn of the 20th century tattoo shop, The Black Eye Barbershop, in the Bowery at Chatham Square in New York. O'Reilley's modern-day electric tattoo machine was born and patented. This is the only known art that has survived from this shop, where Samuel J. Everything was done by hand until O'Reilley's electrified tattoo machine changed history. The imagery of this classic flash preserves the origins of American tattoos, when tattoo art was transferred to the client from these templates via an acetate stencil.