One can picture what it was like to be tattooed by him in the 30s, an extremely tough and sometimes violent world that tattoo artists existed.He worked with many of the greats of his time including C.J. Eddy and J.C. Kidd at one of their famous shops of that day.Alberts was in the close-knit group of the most prominent American tattoo artists of the first quarter of the twentieth century, who stayed in close communication despite being spread across the country. This correspondence, containing iconic examples of American flash, are significant early records of tattoo history that show how these artists influenced each other’s styles. Alberts’ late-career correspondence with then-emerging Bay Area tattoo figures, Brooklyn Joe Lieber and C.J. “Pop” Eddy, shows this American folk-art form being collaboratively brought into being during the early years of American tattoo.
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