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20 quick tattooing history facts
New Zealand’s Roger Ingerton moved to Sydney, Australia in 1957, and tattooed with hand tools around the local pubs and for a time in his living accommodation.
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Tattoo’s of Borneo
In the years 1893-94, 1896-97 and 1898-1900 the Dutch government sponsored Dr Anton Nieuwenhuis in three expeditions to Borneo - to study the Dayaks of Kalimantan (Borneo being at the time a part of the Dutch East Indies).
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America’s first tattooed showman
James O'Connell - the tattooed Irishman was America's first tattooed showman working firstly at the Lion Circus
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Tattooing in South Africa
John Thompson who was born in Bedale, North Yorkshire, England in 1871 - relocated to Galveston in the USA.
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Stoney St Clair
A great DVD hit American stores in 2005 entitled ‘Stoney Knows How’
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Tattooing in Denmark during the 40’s 50’s and 60’s
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.