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 […]
Early Tinkerers of Electric Tattooing Researched and written by Carmen Forquer Nyssen Tattoo Machine History: Invention of Electric Tattoo Machines Researched & Written by Carmen Forquer Nyssen Although a definitive history is impossible to capture, this essay offers groundbreaking insight into […]
‘Electric’ Elmer Getchell Researched & Written by Carmen Nyssen Born: February 7, 1863 Holton, Aroostook, ME Died: May 22, 1940 District of Columbia Burial: Riverside-Magnolia Cemetery, Sec: Wysteria, Lot 135 Learn more about Elmer Getchell’s involvement with the invention of electric tattoo machines […]
