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  2. Sailor tattoos - Wikipedia

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    Protection papers for American seafarers between 1796–1818 provide an important source of information about older tattoo designs. [ 5 ] : 523 Along with the United States coat of arms , Masonic lodge symbols, hearts, and religious symbols, nautical images were popular: anchors, mermaids, whales, ships, the mariner's compass , and the ...

  3. The Birds (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The Birds was also inspired by sustainability and the site's history as a shipyard, where sailors often wore sparrow tattoos. The sculptures have been called an "ode to immigration" based on MacLeod's interest in "alien species" and when non-native species are introduced to an environment (the house sparrow is not native to North America).

  4. American traditional - Wikipedia

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    Tattoo design with a naval theme, c. 1900–1945. Many old school motifs derive from tattoos popular among military service members, including patriotic symbols, such as eagles and American flags, along with pin-up girls. [2] Other old school tattoo designs include: Mermaid; Swallow (sometimes confused with sparrows and bluebirds) Heart; Anchor ...

  5. Nautical star - Wikipedia

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    Nautical star wrist tattoo. This symbol is part of the tradition of sailor tattoos. A nautical star represented the North Star, with the idea that this symbol would help a sailor navigate or stay on course, including finding their way back to port or back home. [8] [9] A nautical star tattoo can also indicate that a person has crossed the North ...

  6. Tattoo - Wikipedia

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    An example of a tattoo design Application of a tattoo to a woman's foot. A tattoo is a form of body modification made by inserting tattoo ink, dyes, and/or pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to form a design. Tattoo artists create these designs using several tattooing processes and techniques, including ...

  7. Woman Laughs at Her Brother's Idea for a Memorial Tattoo ...

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    "When I laughed and asked him if he was serious he got really mad at me and now won’t respond to my texts," the woman wrote on Reddit

  8. Line-crossing ceremony - Wikipedia

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    The line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite in some English-speaking countries that commemorates a person's first crossing of the equator. [1] The tradition may have originated with ceremonies when passing headlands, and become a "folly" sanctioned as a boost to morale, [2] or have been created as a test for seasoned sailors to ensure their new shipmates were capable of handling long ...

  9. Louis Rossmann - Wikipedia

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    Louis Anthony Rossmann (born November 19, 1988) [3] [4] is an American independent electronics technician, YouTuber, and right to repair activist. He is the owner and operator of Rossmann Repair Group in Austin, Texas (formerly New York City), a computer repair shop established in 2007 which specializes in logic board-level repair of MacBooks.