Letter from Detroit Tattoo Artist and Supplier Percy Waters to Edward W. Liberty

Letter from Detroit Tattoo Artist and Supplier Percy Waters to Edward W. Liberty
25 December 1923
Collection of Nora Liberty White

Ed Liberty considered relocating to Detroit to ride out a major street-widening project in Scollay Square, which disrupted business for months. Percy Waters’s discouraging assessment of Detroit shop space may have been a factor in Ed’s decision to try his luck on the West Coast.