Lydia the Tattooed Lady Wreck of the Hesperus" (beside it), the red, white and blue (above them); the cities of Kankakee and "Paree", "Washington Crossing the Delaware", President Andrew Jackson, Niagara, Alcatraz, Buffalo Bill, Captain Spaulding (Groucho's character in Animal Crackers) exploring the Amazon, Lady Godiva (with her pajamas on), Grover Whalen, the Trylon, Treasure Island, Nijinsky, Social Security Number and a fleet of ships (on her hips). Alternate lyrics imply that Lydia's buttocks have tattoos of a globe (or a map of the world) and a caricature of Hitler (that she sits on). In 1950, Groucho famously 'stopped' trading at the New York
Tattooed Lady the presence of the tattooed lady. As they faded away and entered into mainstream society, tattoos once again gained a negative connotation. Throughout history there has been a negative outlook on people with tattoos. Although, men have received negative reactions, the presence of tattoos on a man has been more socially accepted then that of a woman. Over the decades the popularity of tattooing has been on the rise, with women now obtaining more than half of the tattoos in the industry. The reemergence of the tattooed lady has taken on a different entity. They are no longer the sideshow