History of Tattooing: Tattoo Artist Grave Sites By Carmen Forquer Nyssen While browsing the Buzzworthy Tattoo History site, some of you might have noticed that visiting and/or documenting tattoo artist grave sites has been a focal point of my tattoo […]
Samuel O’Reilly vs. Elmer Getchell Written & Researched by Carmen Nyssen At the turn of the century, a storm was brewing in the tattoo world. On April 19, 1899, New York City tattoo artist, Elmer Getchell, was served a subpoena and […]
Buzzworthy Tattoo History: Illuminating Tattooing’s Past Welcome! Buzzworthy Tattoo History features hard-earned, well-researched, original tattoo history, as well as, updates on relevant tattoo news, events, and projects, by Tattoo Historian Carmen Forquer Nyssen. See Tattoo Projects page for my otherwise […]
