Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950 (an Archive of 900+ Vintage Flash Art Pieces from the Golden Age - Nautical Themes, Asian I

Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950 (an Archive of 900+ Vintage Flash Art Pieces from the Golden Age - Nautical Themes, Asian I

White, Cliff

Hardcover

BeautyBody Art & Tattooing

Currently unavailable to order

ISBN10: 0764339281
ISBN13: 9780764339288
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: Nov 18 2011
Pages: 400
Weight: 5.00
Height: 2.10 Width: 9.70 Depth: 12.30
Language: English
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. 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. Everything was done by hand until O'Reilley's electrified tattoo machine changed history.
  • More than 900 individual pieces of flash that provide commentary on the shop's clientele and reveal some of the social, economic, and political ideas of the time.
  • Includes nautical themes, Asian imagery, flowers, boxers, circus characters, and plenty of girls

Author Cliff R. White has been researching and collecting tattoo memorabilia for almost 30 years.

This is an exciting collection of early American flash and a necessary book for the tattoo artist, aficionado, and student.

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