Posts Tagged "Samuel O’Reilly Tattoo"

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Posts tagged "Samuel O’Reilly Tattoo"

Bowery Tattoo History

Birth  of  the  Tattoo  Trade: New  York  Bowery Researched & Written by Carmen Forquer Nyssen  The tale of how tattooing emerged as a bona fide trade in America is a fascinating account, set in the backdrop of old New York […]

Charlie Wagner’s ‘Chatham Electric Tattooing’ Enterprise

Charlie Wagner’s ‘Chatham Electric Tattooing’ Enterprise Original Research by Carmen Nyssen, including indepth genealogical study in foreign archives (Though Charlie Wagner was said to be of Jewish ethnicity, records confirm he was German. See my research on Find-a-Grave and the […]

Saloon-Tattoo Shops of New York City’s 4th Ward

Saloon-Tattoo Shops of New York City’s 4th Ward Researched & Written By Tattoo Historian Carmen Forquer Nyssen Although most notorious for its numerous boardinghouses, brothels, and drinking-holes, New York City’s wicked 4th Ward—set along the East River port—was also home […]

New York Tattoo Shops: 5 & 11 Chatham Square

New  York  Tattoo  Shops: 5  &  11  Chatham  Square Researched & Written by Carmen Nyssen Today’s post is a short visual history illustrating the early New York tattoo shops at No. 5 & 11 Chatham Square. Although Sam O’Reilly is […]

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 […]

John O’Reilly: The Tattooed Irishman

John O’Reilly: The Tattooed Irishman Researched & Written by Carmen Forquer Nyssen Not all that long ago, the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts digitized an extraordinary scrapbook filled with assorted rare photos and ephemera relating to 1800s dime museum […]

Early Tinkerers of Electric Tattooing

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 […]

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 […]

Elmer Getchell

‘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 […]

Samuel F. O’Reilly

Samuel F. O’Reilly Researched  &  Written  by  Carmen Nyssen Born: May 1854, Waterbury, New Haven, CT Died: April 29, 1909, Brooklyn, Kings, NY Burial: Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Sec: St. Michaels R:22 Gr:209 Brooklyn, Kings, NY Learn more about […]