A Woman to Know: Maud Wagner
She agreed to go with him on the condition that he ‘tattoo her all over and teach her to tattoo.’ — Alan Govenar
She agreed to go with him on the condition that he ‘tattoo her all over and teach her to tattoo.’ — Alan Govenar
(image via Library of Congress)
In 1904, Maud met Gus at the World’s Fair. Maud performed aerial acrobatics and contortionism with the traveling circus; Gus set up a tattoo stand for hand-poked tattoos. Maud was immediately drawn to the mustach…
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