Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The first tattoo mashine



In 1891, a New Yorker named Samuel O’Reilly patented the first
electric tattoo machine. O’Reilly had been tattooing by hand
on the infamous Bowery (Third Avenue) in lower Manhattan.
He took an electric rotary engraving device created by Thomas
Edison and modified it so it could be used for tattooing. O’Reilly
soon offered the device for sale, along with designs, colors, and
other tattoo supplies. This created a boom of new tattooists

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