Photocopy of Booklet, "How to Do Tattooing," by Harry V. Lawson

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Artifact Overview

Lawson's pamphlet, How to Do Tattooing, explains that a tattoo business can be started with just "a little nerve and a small bank roll." He encourages tattooists to be "ready for any emergency" with a collection of "flash" to apply to first time patients and circus sideshow hopefuls alike. A handwritten manuscript outlining tattoo removal remedies is also included here.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Xerographic copy

Subject Date

circa 1921

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

81.98.10

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in.
Width: 8.5 in.