tattooing in the US
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Almost everywhere you look now you'll see a person with a tattoo. Some people get little ones that can barley be seen or can only be seen when they take some cloths off. Other people you'll see with tattoos all over their body. Most people will get tattoos that have a meaning behind it; others will just get tattoos just to get one. So, how did tattooing become so popular in the US the last few decades? In the last two decades or so tattooing exploded into the main stream and became a major popular thing to do.
The earliest records of tattooing known in North America or the USA date back to about the 1840's, on ships that were coming over from all over. It was recorded in shipmate's logs and in some diaries about people on the ship getting tattoos or prickling, as some would call it in the 1800's. The men giving tattoos would charge a pretty high amount. It was recorded that they would make about 400 dollars through out the whole trip, which back then was a lot of money...