Classic American Tattoos 1900-1950 - Original Art from New York Bowery - Guide
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Classic American Tattoos 1900-1950 - Original Art from New York Bowery - Guide. Everything was done by hand until O'Reilley's electrified tattoo machine changed history. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Collector Bookstore Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. SCL-2011-9780764339288-X4 Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950 by Cliff White ISBN: 9780764339288 Book Title: Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950 Author: Cliff White Binding: Hard Cover Copyright: 2011 Pages: 400 Size: 11.75 x 9 in. 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. This is the only known art that has survived from this shop, where Samuel J. O'Reilley's modern-day electric tattoo machine was born and patented. 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. This rich heritage of folk art has 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. 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. 900+ b/w images (Description generated 2026-05-21) 6f4d314e3f717055af8d65529b7f54b0
