Jim Wilson Researched & Written by Carmen Nyssen Born: 29 Mar 1870 Crowle, Lincolnshire, EnglandDied: 12 Feb 1939 Corozal, Panama Although British tattooer James “Jim” Wilson wasn’t as renowned in tattooing as his mentor, the “World’s Famous” Tom Riley, he […]
Harry Vivian Lawson Researched/Written by Carmen Nyssen Born: October 23, 1882 Barossa, Australia Died: January 20, 1950 Los Angeles, California Burial: Westminster Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA, Garden 16 Sec 556 Sp 2 Australian born, Harry Lawson (birth name Hurtle […]
Owen Jensen: Tattooer-Supplier TraditionBy Carmen Nyssen Born: October 10, 1891 Pleasant Grove, UTDied: July 24, 1977 Los Angeles, CABurial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, CA Tattoo artist Owen Jensen was one of the celebrated entrepreneurs of the tattoo trade, whose […]
Tattoo Time Capsule at the Henry Ford: Insights into Early Tattoo Design Sheets By Carmen Forquer Nyssen Each time a cache of tattoo material surfaces, in which related tools of the trade and ephemera remain intact, we’re gifted key pieces […]
Harry V. Lawson’s Norfolk Tattoo Shop By Carmen Nyssen Tattoo artist Harry Vivian Lawson (birth name Hurtle Vivian Lawson) left his mark in many arenas of tattooing —exhibiting as a tattooed man, tattooing with carnivals and dime museums, running a supply […]
Cap Coleman: Tattooed Man Turned Tattoo Master By Carmen Nyssen This post picks up from the previous one paying tribute to Norfolk, Virginia’s well-known lady tattooer Lenora Platt. To recap, Lenora made Norfolk her tattooing base for many years after passing through […]
