Manly men getting manly tattoos seventy years ago.

[rug]

[flying rabbit]

1. A few tumblers of whiskey in that shot

would win the manliness trifecta.

[mrmpa]

2. The man being tattooed...........

looks a lot like Richard Speck. The mass murderer who killed the nurses in Chicago in the late '60's.

[Tom Ripley]

13. You're right, he certainly does.

[AngryAmish]

15. Speck

[cliffordu]

3. I got my first one at 15

47 years ago.

And, yes, I am a manly man. Except when I'm not.....

[In_The_Wind]

5. And the second tattoo?

How many years ago was that one done?

[cliffordu]

7. 32 years ago.

[cyberswede]

4. The design choices in the background are interesting.

And I like how the tattoo artist is wearing a suit and hat.

...oh...and the Bryl Cream look!

[In_The_Wind]

6. The Bryl Cream look was teh hot!

Back when I was in my teens.

[Art_from_Ark]

8. "A little dab will do ya"

When I was a kid and my mom would take me to the barber shop, she would always tell the barber, "Don't put any of that greasy kid stuff in his hair!". She wasn't too impressed with the Bryl Cream look

[In_The_Wind]

9. Do you remember 'pegged pants'?

Some of the girls in my high school would sew themselves into their pants.

[Art_from_Ark]

10. I think that pegged pants might have died out

by the time I got into high school. Bell bottoms and long hair were the big fashion for boys at that time, but I can't remember what if any fashions the girls were following.

[In_The_Wind]

11. Bell bottoms were in by the time I started college. Mebbe even before that.

The year I graduated from high school sizzler skirts were the rage. The skirts were so short that panties of matching fabric was included as part of the sale.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. I'm pretty sure I would have remembered sizzler skirts

[mithnanthy]

14. I used to make my own Sizzler skirts...

and panties! They were happy prints, fun and comfortable. (luckily, I was all legs.) Thanks for the reminder!