Two sailors get fresh ink from Tattoo Jack in Copenhagen, 1942.
The tattoo parlor that Hans Hansen opened in 1884 when he was about 17 is now known as Tattoo Ole and is located at Nyhavn 17. It is purported to be the oldest functioning tattoo parlor in the world. After Hans Hansen the parlor was operated by Peter Severinsen in the 1920’s, Tattoo Holger was there during the 1930’s and Tattoo Jack ran the parlor in the 1940s.
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