Shaw's Tattoo Studio is still running, owned by Larry Shaw.īob was also the President of the Worlds Largest Tattoo Association - National Tattoo Association when he passed away. Both of them worked in our shop, but eventually moved to Houston as well.
His sons, Larry and Bobby, also tattooed. He had about four shops in driving distance of Long Beach before moving to Houston and opening Shaw's Tattoo Studio in 1979. By the end of his life, he had been tattooing for over 51 years.īert Grimm's World Famous Tattoo Studio stayed in the Shaw family after Bert sold it to him in 1969. By September 1941, Bob had done his first tattoo. Bob asked Bert to teach him tattooing and Bert said yes. When Bob was fired from this job, Bert gave him a part-time job helping Julia (Bert's wife) with their photograph business. Soon Bob was hanging out at Bert's shop late in to the night and couldn't get up in the morning for his dishwashing job. Bob's first job was a dishwasher just around the corner from Bert Grimm's shop on Broadway. Louis, Missouri to live with his older brother. While it is worth mentioning, it is unconfirmed. It is said that Lee Roy took Owen's flash designs and claimed them as his own after that. The design was four dots, and as the tattooist said: “It was just to say he was tattooed”.Īccording to the city directories of Long Beach, Lee Roy was at 16 Cedar Way for a short while before he went to 26 Chestnut Place, which later became "Lee Roy's Tattoo Parlor." Owen Jensen also worked here until his untimely death on The Pike in 1976.
Later Lee Roy moved to the The Pike in Long Beach, CA. Minugh was one of the first tattooists to display his art on television when he tattooed Steve Allen, the first host of The Tonight Show on NBC in the late 1950’s. His first shop was in the back of a book store. He learned the art through the circus and came to Los Angeles in the 1930’s. Minugh himself was first tattooed in 1924. Lee Roy Minugh was a tattooist, Baptist Preacher and Mason who made his name in the tattoo business during the 1950’s at the Pike.
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