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Located at 618 West 4th St. Winston Salem, North Carolina, the Tattoo Archive was founded in Berkel
(71)
The Tattoo Archive is a working shop which does custom tattooing. It is also home to our Online Store selling tattoo collectibles from around the world, the BookMistress' tattoo books and the Paul Rogers Tattoo Research Center (PRTRC), a nonprofit corporation with the primary goal of preserving tattoo history.
11/13/2022
Adam Montegut's books are open for December and January at the Tattoo Archive. Email him to set something up. [email protected].
10/20/2022
We are already brainstorming and planning for next year’s Gathering of the Tattoo Historical Society! Feel free to share this video!
10/12/2022
Just 3 more days to go!
09/17/2022
We're at Montreal Art Tattoo Show all weekend with BookMistress. Stop by and say hi!
07/17/2022
Join at their shop on Sunday, August 21st to learn about the history of Iconic Tattoo Imagery from North Carolina’s own CW Eldridge. Accompanied by the pop up shop, offering for sale the best in tattoo books and collectables
CW is the founder of the Tattoo Archive and started tattooing in the mid-1970s with Ed Hardy at the original Tattoo City. He continues to actively document tattoo history and speak on a wide range of topics related to tattooing and the art of tattoo.
Tickets are $20 and will go on sale on August 1st. 100% of proceeds from this event will go to Freedom German Shepherd Rescue. Freedom German Shepherd Rescue, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) rescue of volunteers that share the common goal of saving neglected, abused, and abandoned German Shepherds.
07/05/2022
Rest In Peace
07/01/2022
The North Carolina Niche Collections presents the History of Tattooing in North Carolina by C.W. Eldridge of the Tattoo Archive on Thursday, July 14, 2022, 10:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.
Online, register at https://bit.ly/3LXlAB0
Registration is free. This event will be recorded and a link to the video will be sent to all who register.
06/18/2022
Join KQED's Spark and Don Ed Hardy, one of the world's best-known tattoo artists, as he reflects on his journey from art studio to tattoo parlor and back aga...
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618 W 4th Street
Winston-Salem, NC
27101
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| Monday | 12pm - 8pm |
| Tuesday | 12pm - 8pm |
| Wednesday | 12pm - 8pm |
| Thursday | 12pm - 8pm |
| Friday | 12pm - 8pm |
| Saturday | 12pm - 8pm |
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We're at Montreal Art Tattoo Show all weekend with BookMistress. Stop by and say hi!
Tattoo Historical Society October 9, 2021 event
We hope you can make this event! Be sure to go to the Announcement section on the THS page to learn about the COVID-19 requirements for attending.
Old Doc Webb flash book from the Collection of Doc Don Lucas. Available at tattooarchive.com and BookMistress.net.
We're here at the 17th Annual Montreal Art Tattoo Convention at Windsor Station. All weekend! Drop by and say hello!
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From Tattoo Archive website, see link below
"Leeches are back in the headlines these days as medical doctors are discovering that the use of leeches can improve blood flow around new wounds, speed up the healing process and temporarily aid circulation during surgical reattachment of a body part. In the old days bleeding a patient with leeches was part of standard medical care. Now the FDA is creating guidelines pertaining to how leeches should be grown, transported and sold.
Back when day workers were king around shipping docks and construction sites, tattoo parlors and barbershops offered the service of making black eyes look natural. Each morning men looking for day work would gather around the work site. The bosses would stand on cartons to get a good look at all the men and select workers for that day's assignment. If a worker showed up with a black eye, the bosses often passed them over for fear that they would be troublemakers. The barber and tattooist would try to make that shiner look better."
For the rest of the story, visit: https://www.tattooarchive.com/history/black_eyes_made_natural.php
"Leeches are back in the headlines these days as medical doctors are discovering that the use of leeches can improve blood flow around new wounds, speed up the healing process and temporarily aid circulation during surgical reattachment of a body part. In the old days bleeding a patient with leeches was part of standard medical care. Now the FDA is creating guidelines pertaining to how leeches should be grown, transported and sold.
Back when day workers were king around shipping docks and construction sites, tattoo parlors and barbershops offered the service of making black eyes look natural. Each morning men looking for day work would gather around the work site. The bosses would stand on cartons to get a good look at all the men and select workers for that day's assignment. If a worker showed up with a black eye, the bosses often passed them over for fear that they would be troublemakers. The barber and tattooist would try to make that shiner look better."
For the rest of the story, visit: https://www.tattooarchive.com/history/black_eyes_made_natural.php
Milo Anthony and photo of his parents.
"At one time, it was sailors, prisoners and loose women. That's who got [tattoos]," said Chuck Eldridge, who owns and runs Tattoo Archives on Fourth Street. "If it could go mainstream, it has." Eldridge got his first tattoos in the 1960s after seeing tattoos on his dad and uncle and fell in love with the art form. He eventually became interested in the history of tattoos.
"Once you start digging in to it you go 'wow, this is pretty amazing subject here that goes on for centuries," Eldridge said.He shares his interest at the tattoo archives where the walls are covered with photos and artifacts he's collected over the years. Tattoo Archive
"Once you start digging in to it you go 'wow, this is pretty amazing subject here that goes on for centuries," Eldridge said.He shares his interest at the tattoo archives where the walls are covered with photos and artifacts he's collected over the years. Tattoo Archive
Author Jack London once said, "show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past." Sounds like he'd be thrilled to visit Tattoo Archive, downtown Winston-Salem's tattoo shop that is also a museum! Their newest exhibit "The History of Tattoo Clubs" is up through April 30.
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Happy Birthday Sailor Jerry It is an honor to share a birthday with you.
“Norman Keith Collins is better known as "Sailor Jerry" in the tattoo business. He was born in Reno, Nevada, January 14, 1911. By the 1920s he was sailing the Great Lakes, traveling the United States and tattooing by hand on the side. During those sailor years Collins met tattooist Tatts Thomas in Chicago and said that he was his first teacher in electric tattooing. Sailor Jerry’s business card from this period showed him at #434 South State Street and included a rubber stamped address for #150 North Hotel Street in Honolulu.
Sailor Jerry settled in Hawaii in the 1930s and tattooed at several locations in Honolulu, including 13 South Hotel Street, before he settled into his 1033 Smith Street location. Although Jerry was world famous for his tattooing, he had other interests. The sea was always a part of his life and while holding Captain's papers in the 1950s he skippered a tour ship at the Pearl Harbor memorial. His study of electronics led to a first class FCC license, and in the late 1960s he hosted a late night talk show on a local radio station. On that show he was known as "Old Ironsides.”
For a workingman's tattoo shop in an era where acetate stencils were king, Jerry would make rubs from his new designs and mail them out to his friends. This was a popular way for an artist to exchange design ideas.
Sailor Jerry died June 12, 1973 and is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, (commonly known as the "Punchbowl") in Honolulu, Hawaii. This cemetery is located in the crater of an extinct volcano. The site of Jerry's grave is 124/Section T. If you happen to find yourself in Honolulu, stop by to say hello.” Tattoo Archive
“Norman Keith Collins is better known as "Sailor Jerry" in the tattoo business. He was born in Reno, Nevada, January 14, 1911. By the 1920s he was sailing the Great Lakes, traveling the United States and tattooing by hand on the side. During those sailor years Collins met tattooist Tatts Thomas in Chicago and said that he was his first teacher in electric tattooing. Sailor Jerry’s business card from this period showed him at #434 South State Street and included a rubber stamped address for #150 North Hotel Street in Honolulu.
Sailor Jerry settled in Hawaii in the 1930s and tattooed at several locations in Honolulu, including 13 South Hotel Street, before he settled into his 1033 Smith Street location. Although Jerry was world famous for his tattooing, he had other interests. The sea was always a part of his life and while holding Captain's papers in the 1950s he skippered a tour ship at the Pearl Harbor memorial. His study of electronics led to a first class FCC license, and in the late 1960s he hosted a late night talk show on a local radio station. On that show he was known as "Old Ironsides.”
For a workingman's tattoo shop in an era where acetate stencils were king, Jerry would make rubs from his new designs and mail them out to his friends. This was a popular way for an artist to exchange design ideas.
Sailor Jerry died June 12, 1973 and is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, (commonly known as the "Punchbowl") in Honolulu, Hawaii. This cemetery is located in the crater of an extinct volcano. The site of Jerry's grave is 124/Section T. If you happen to find yourself in Honolulu, stop by to say hello.” Tattoo Archive
Hey, Chuck... Am I still #075...? I think I've missed some dues...!!!
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"If you’d like to see one of the lectures for yourself, stop by the High Point Museum on Aug. 26. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Eldridge will present photographs, flash, and business cards from past North Carolina tattoo artists." Tattoo Archive
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The Heritage Research Center at the High Point Public Library and the High Point Museum would like to thank Tried and True Tattoo Company for allowing us to advertise the upcoming program North Carolina Tattoo History The presentation will be given by Chuck W. Eldridge of the Tattoo Archive Special thanks goes to Jason Spainhour Tattooing for being so welcoming at the studio.
C. W. Eldridge of the Tattoo Archive in Winston-Salem will be with us August 26 to give a presentation on NORTH CAROLINA TATTOO HISTORY. This presentation will feature photographs and flash and business cards from North Carolina tattooists of the past. Hope to see you in the first-floor Morgan Room at 6:30pm at the High Point
Public Library!
C.W. Eldridge formed the Tattoo Archive in 1980 in Berkeley, California. Its goal is to promote the history of tattooing through writing and research, He and his associates continue their goal of promoting tattoo history in their new Winston-Salem location and always welcome an opportunity to share research.
SPONSORED BY THE HERITAGE RESEARCH CENTER AT THE HIGH POINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
C. W. Eldridge of the Tattoo Archive in Winston-Salem will be with us August 26 to give a presentation on NORTH CAROLINA TATTOO HISTORY. This presentation will feature photographs and flash and business cards from North Carolina tattooists of the past. Hope to see you in the first-floor Morgan Room at 6:30pm at the High Point
Public Library!
C.W. Eldridge formed the Tattoo Archive in 1980 in Berkeley, California. Its goal is to promote the history of tattooing through writing and research, He and his associates continue their goal of promoting tattoo history in their new Winston-Salem location and always welcome an opportunity to share research.
SPONSORED BY THE HERITAGE RESEARCH CENTER AT THE HIGH POINT PUBLIC LIBRARY
I couldn't upload two images. Here is a scan of the document when Dad got the tattoo.
Hi my father recently passed away. He had a tattoo that I always thought to be a dancing donkey. No one ever knew what it was. Can anyone help me with this? He said it was a propeller, wings and a flower. I never saw another one like it. It was done by Frenchie Neely in Denver.
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