(from the back of the photo) The late Ben Cordy shown tattooing an unidentified war vet of WW1. The subject shows tattooed back with flags and a girl riding a horse in excellent action.

(from the back of the photo) Mildred Hull, the Bowery artist in New York City, and shown with her, Business partner, Tommy Lee. She was one of the few women tattooists, and according to newspaper reports, she commited suicide by taking a vial of poison in a tavern in August of 1947.