My friend Charles referred me to an
article and
slideshow in the Times today about an exhibition on Tattoos and the American Sailor at the
Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia. I can't wait to check it out.
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Photo: Independence Seaport Museum
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Photo: Tattoo Archive, Winston-Salem, N. C.