Designs of all kinds : A history of American tattoo supply houses

Clint Vaught and Royal Art Books is pleased to announce                                                                

“Designs of Kinds: a History of American tattoo supply Houses”

The designs, catalogs, mailers and ephemera contained in this book look into tattooing’s past through the Lense of industry, artistry and craft. 

I conducted this research from 2018 to 2025 as I continually saw a need for a historical index of tattoo supply companies through the early and mid 20th century. My goal was to gather as many paper goods during these years as possibly to share with the tattoo community as to clear up many rumors and speculation about the who, what and when in regards to tattoo designs, machines, pigments and other equipment. Along with plenty of never-before-seen flash.                                                                                  

-full size reproduction Waters catalog page included with every order.                                                                     -“Designs of all kinds” has biographical, chronological and historical information from Waters, Zeis, Miller, Smith and Howard, C.J Werner, Owen Jensen, Charlie Wagner and many others.                                                              

-Over 150 pages featuring hundreds of never before published vintage American tattoo flashfrom the 1940s and 1950s from both the Waters and Zeis supply houses.     

-Complete catalogs from Waters and EJ miller.            

-Plenty of advertisements, business cards, mailers, invoices and catalogs from a variety of tattoo suppliers.

-Printed and bound in USA.                                             -Premium quality 80lb paper                                 -8.5x11 Format