The fact that tattoos existed in a time before “punk” was a word to describe a movement is a hard notion to grasp.
The New Yorker has compiled a series of photographs of women in the early to mid 20th century baring their tattoos. Many of them were pioneering tattoo artists themselves or worked as fair and circus attractions.
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