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91: Magic Tramp Stamps and Taboo Tattoos | Dark History with Bailey Sarian

Dark History

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The History of Mod's Tattoos

In 1891, a man named Samuel O'Reilly invented the first tattooing machine. This made getting a tattoo so much easier than by hand and also made tattoos a lot more popular. Mod refused to conform to the use of the electric tattoo machine with something called the Hokie-Pokie method which is similar to the stick and poke. She became one of the only tattoo artists in her time to never be tattooed herself.

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