From TattooArchive.com Collins, better known as 'Sailor Jerry' in the tattoo business, was born in 1911. By the 1920s he was sailing the Great Lakes, traveling the United States and tattooing on the side. For a short time Jerry operated a shop on South State Street in Chicago when he moved to Hawaii, he rubbe stamped his new address of 150 North Hotel Street in Honolulu on the South State Street card!