Posts Tagged "Dental Plugger Tattoo"

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Tattooed by O’Reilly: The First Electrically Tattooed Attractions

Tattooed  by  O’Reilly: The  First  Electrically  Tattooed  Attractions Researched & Written by Carmen Forquer Nyssen In researching tattoo history, one of my most exciting (and previously undocumented) discoveries was that New York Bowery tattoo artist Samuel F. O’Reilly electrically tattooed […]

Samuel F. O’Reilly vs. Elmer Getchell

Samuel O’Reilly vs. Elmer Getchell Written & Researched by Carmen Nyssen At the turn of the century, a storm was brewing in the tattoo world. On April 19, 1899, New York City tattoo artist, Elmer Getchell, was served a subpoena and […]