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- May 22, 2009 135974
Paul Rogers moves to Jacksonville, Florida
Franklin Paul Rogers (1905-1990) moved to Jacksonville in Florida of the USA in the 1960’s – Where he tattooed with Bill Williamson in a studio on 409 Main Street, FL.
When Bill died in 1964, Paul took over the...
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- May 22, 2009 100115
Tattoo's make the news in South Africa
On the 26th of December 1961 ‘The Johannesburg Star’ newspaper of South Africa reported on the story of Jacobus Van-Dyn.
Van-Dyn was in London trying to sell his tattooed head, Van-Dyn told the paper that his head...
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- May 22, 2009 102229
Tattooing in Copenhagen, Denmark
Considering it’s great seafaring traditions it will hardly come as a surprise to find that Denmark has and always has had its fair share of great tattoo artists.
And possibly one of the Countries most famous tattoo artists...
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- May 20, 2009 147083
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John Henry Rhodes (Cecil Rhodes)
Cecil Rhodes (John Henry Rhodes) (1880-1951) tattooed many of his army buddies during the First-World-War and opened his first studio at 173 Snargate Street, Dover, England.
Where he tattooed with...
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- May 17, 2009 84688
Tattoo Jock, Kings Cross, London
In 1985, I paid a visit to Jock Liddel at his tattoo studio in the Kings Cross area of London, England – For an article I wrote of which appeared in ‘Tattoo International’ magazine issue 96 – At the time Jock
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- May 07, 2009 136378
Len Wolf
I had my first tattoo at the age of 14, which was the age limit at George Burchett, who was an old man. It was quiet in his studio, and he talked to me whilst doing the tattoo. I thought it was great, and I liked what he did. I don’t remember...
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- May 02, 2009 27982
Princess Marie of Denmark tattooed
Prince Waldemar (1858-1939) of Denmark was believed to have been tattooed. We know for a fact that his wife Princess Marie (1865-1909) was via newspaper reports of the day.
Which included quite a profile on the French...
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- April 16, 2009 47611
A lithograph depicting Indigenous Australians and the arrival of Cook and his crew, titled "Captain Cook's Landing at Botany, AD 1770".CREDIT:NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
Captain Cook finds tattooing in the South Sea's
King George III of England, on...
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- April 16, 2009 109238
Jessie Knight becomes Great Britains first professional female tattoo artist
Before Jessie Knight became Great Britain’s first professional female tattoo artist she worked for her father in his sharp shooting circus act.
Her job being to stand before...
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- April 16, 2009 58866
The tattooed Omai comes to England
On Captain Cook’s second voyage to the pacific (sailing from Plymouth, England, July the 13th 1772).
The commander of Cook’s second ship “Adventure” Captain Tobias Furneaux returned to England in 1774 with the Polynesian...
