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 […]
Painless Nell & Hughie Bowen, Tattoo TeamBy Carmen Nyssen In my previous Granddaddy of all Good Tattooing: Sailor Charlie Barrs article from a couple weeks ago, I forgot to mention that Bert Grimm introduced my grandma (his niece) to Sailor Charlie, and […]
Bert Grimm Written & Researched by Carmen Nyssen Born: February 8, 1900 Springfield, Greene, MODied: June 15, 1985 Warrenton, Clatsop, ORBurial: Ocean View Cemetery, Warrenton, Clatsop, OR Bert Grimm, born Edward Cecil Reardon, endures as an outstanding figure in American tattoo history. Over an […]
