They days anyone can walk into a tattoo parlor and get a tiny dolphin tattooed on their ankle or their astrological symbol on their lower back, but back in the day, tattoos were a very taboo thing! Almost nobody had tattoos and if they did, they seemed to go all out. Sailors are most commonly associated with tattoo culture of the past, but some people went so far as to tattoo their whole bodies at a time when even one small one was a strike against you. Check out these amazing photos of tattooed folks from back in the day!

























































































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