“Rock of Ages” is a popular Christian hymn written by the Reformed Anglican minister Augustus Toplady. It is also one of the most famous traditional tattoo motifs. The story behind this classic begins in 1763. Augustus Toplady, a priest from a small village in England, was wandering from village to village when he unexpectedly caught himself in …
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Owen Jensen – a tattoo legend
Owen Jensen, born in 1891 in sleepy Pleasant Grove, Utah, first got in contact with tattooing at the age of 20 while visiting the ‘Buffalo Bill Wild West Show’. It was there that he saw James Malcom, a fully covered tattoo circus attraction. Malcom got his bodysuit by no one else than Charles Wagner! Two …
Tattoos from the Bowery
Tattoos from the Bowery has its origins in a place that many know from Martin Scorsese’s epic historical drama “Gangs of New York” – the Bowery in southern Manhattan. The rough side of the city The Bowery is a street and neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan, known as a rough …
Traditional Tattoos in Central Berlin
At the well known Good Old Times Tattoo studio you can get the best Traditional Tattoos in Central Berlin. Classic motifs will last a lifetime and will still rock it during your Sunday walk with your granny team 😉 Eastern History Tattoos exist since a long time. The oldest one dates 5000 years ago. In …