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Main
Street, USA
According
to the American
Heritage Dictionary,
Main Street is "the
principal street
of an American
small town or city".
Wanting to be on
the principal street
in any given town
or city, is maybe
why there have
been so many tattoo
shops having a
Main Street address
in America. 
Arguably the most famous Main Street
for tattooing in America was located
in Norfolk Virginia. Over the years
this street has seen the likes
of Getchell, Lawson, Sturtz, Greenwood,
Platt, Grimshaw, Cleveland and
of course Cap Coleman.
Coleman liked Norfolk's Main Street
so much that the city directory
showed him as having at least 5
different locations there. In 1919
he was at #429 Main, in 1920 at
#526 Main, in 1923 he could be
found at #405 and 819 Main Street,
in 1924 he finally settled down
at #427 Main Street where he stayed
until 1950 when the city fathers
closed down Norfolk to tattooing.
Following is a short list of Main
Street tattooists:
Rhine Rausch
316 S. Main Street, LA.
Doc Ford
1109 Main Street, Ft. Worth, TX
F.L. Cramer
100 Main St., Salinas, CA
E.J. Miller
431 Main Street, Norfolk, VA
Ernie Sutton
510 S. Main St., LA.
Slim Deal
616 N. Main, St, Lenoir, NC
Bill Williamson
409 Main St, Jacksonville, FL
Mable & Joe Darpel
1004 Main St. Fort Worth, TX
Huck Spaulding
123 East Main Amsterdam, NY
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