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 Bow

For thousands of years, Native Americans used the physical act and visual language of tattooing to construct and reinforce the identity of individuals and their

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The evolution of tattoo art in America is spread before you in 265 impressive original tattoo flash sheets and insightful text written by a tattoo artist who ha

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