![Atop Empire State- in construction; Chrysler Bldg & [Daily] News in middle foreground. (1931)](../../../wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Atop-Empire-State-in-construction-Chrysler-Bldg-Daily-News-in-middle-foreground.-1931--199x123.jpg "Balancing on the Empire State, 1920s")
Japanese Bridegroom's Tattoos, c.1880 - Private Collection / The Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Education
A Postal Runner, c.1900 - Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France/ Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Education
Professor Charles Wagner's Tattoo Parlour, Chatham Square, New York - Private Collection / The Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Education
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Thank you to Bridgeman Education
The one of the woman, is that not just sleeves, it looks like they come over her hands?!?!
*blushes, edits*
Tattooing of any sort of male or female has always made me feel very sad for some reason.
Th ubiquity of tattoos disturbs me, it’s become a fashion statement like wearing a shirt or having a particular hairstyle, only it doesn’t come off the same. Yet it’s the single most copy-cat thing you can do these days, getting a tatt.
I love the artwork in many of these photo’s, so many people opt of for tribal (not understanding the true meaning of the symbols) or end up with a chaotic mashup of favourite images without setting a theme
Maude Stevens Wagner and Betty Broadbent should be on this list.