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Cliff White - Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950 - 9780764339288 - V9780764339288
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Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950

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Description for Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950 Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 900+ b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 249 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2278. Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950. 400 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AFY. Dimension: 314 x 249 x 60. Weight: 2298.
The only known tattoo art that has survived from The Black Eye Barbershop in New York, where Samuel J. O'Reilley's modern-day electric tattoo machine was born and patented.

Between these pages are images of the original acetate rubbings from Charlie Wagner's turn of the 20th century tattoo shop, The Black Eye Barbershop, in the Bowery at Chatham Square in New York. The imagery of this classic flash preserves the origins of American tattoos—when tattoo art was transferred to the client from these templates via an acetate stencil. Everything was done by hand until ... Read more

  • More than 900 individual pieces of flash that provide commentary on the shop's clientele and reveal some of the social, economic, and political ideas of the time.
  • Includes nautical themes, Asian imagery, flowers, boxers, circus characters, and plenty of girls

Author Cliff R. White has been researching and collecting tattoo memorabilia for almost 30 years.

This is an exciting collection of early American flash and a necessary book for the tattoo artist, aficionado, and student.

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Product Details

Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
2275g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764339288
SKU
V9780764339288
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Cliff White
Cliff R. White opened his first tattoo shop, Cliff's Tattoo, in Centereach, New York, in August of 1989. He has been researching and collecting tattoo memorabilia and history for almost 30 years.

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