Tattooed Women from the Past Show a Unique Kind of Art

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In the early 1900s, tattoos were associated to prostitution and crime, but this woman is hardly the type to do any of those

Tattoos are simply what it is—an expression or an art form

Meet Betty Broadbent, whose love for tattoo began at age 14. Below she is photographed attending the 1930 New York World’s Fair.

A 1928 photo of a woman getting a serpent on her leg

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