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Shop sign
Knight, Jessie
(Signwriter)
Tattoo shop sign on card written by Jessie Knight with text: PLEASE KEEP FOUR LETTER WORDS BENEATH YOUR HAT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S LISTENING AND I DO MEAN THAT
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2021.21.132
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Knight, Jessie
Association Type: Tattoo artist
Creation/Production
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.
Role: Signwriter
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/3/2021
Measurements
Length
(mm): 254
Width
(mm): 254
Material
Card
Ink
Location
In store
Classification
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