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Address book
Address and telephone book belonging to Jessie Knight. The book includes several entries, including family in Swansea and Barry
Fragile. Masking tape on front torn and creased. Signs of wear and tear damage.
Jessie Knight was the first prominent female tattooist in the UK. She took over her father's tattoo shop in Barry aged 18 in 1927 and went on to prominence whilst working in Chatham, Portsmouth and Aldershot. She returned to Barry in 1968, and continued to work there as a tattoo artist into the 1980s.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.463
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 99
Width
(mm): 70
Material
leather
paper
Location
In store
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