The Peace family opens the door to the tattoo shop mid-morning every Monday through Saturday- it has been located in downtown Augusta, Georgia since 1962. The well kept two-storied building has a preserved historical look to it- it is one of the architectural show pieces of the area.

Eddie Peace who first came to Augusta 43 years ago following the military trade tattooed thousands of soldiers from Fort Gordon that were on their way to battle the cold war along with many people that lived in the Augusta area along with others that came from out of state to get a tattoo.

Ann Peace also supplied the ink to just about everyone one of them those years and continued working until Eddie's death in 1992. After Eddie's death, His son  The business is now in the hands of the next generation of Peaces: Jennie and Daniel Peace.

Eddie & Ann Peace started tattooing together in the 1940's. They worked in the classic style of the American tattoo legend August "Cap" Coleman who worked with them for a time in Portsmouth, Virginia, in the 1950's. The maritime and military imagery of the Coleman style is the backbone of all of American tattooing and paved the way for everything that came after it.  The bold outlines, black shading and strong solid colors of the Coleman style made for tattoos that braved the test of time. Customers recognized the superior quality of Coleman style tattoos and gradually the designs changed the look of American tattooing for the better. Eddie & Ann worked in famous south eastern tattoo towns like Jacksonville, North Carolina, and joined in the Coleman style along with other American tattoo greats like Paul Rogers, Huck Spaulding, Latham Connolly, and Johnny Walker. LeDan, his wife Jennie, and their two sons, Noel & Daniel Peace share in the accomplishments and associations of Eddie & Ann Peace.

Today's diverse tattoo tastes would not have flourished without the strong and successful designed foundation of the Coleman style made for tattoos that braved the test of time.

The days back when people just came in our shop and said, " I want that one, put it right here" are long gone says Noel Peace, Those days are fading, it is a good thing that tattooing keeps changing, otherwise it will just stagnate. Around "85" was when it started to change. People found out that Jennie could draw almost anything that they brought in to get tattooed.

Customers are identifying with exotic imagery from distant cultures as their sense of self continues to globalize. The lines of uneasy soldiers prodding each other to get an identical screaming chest eagle have changed into young rock and rollers influenced by the images of mtv. The army recruit's time honered esprit d'corp, represented by the sharing of a single tattoo design among many has overshadowed by a new feeling of civilian individuality. People no longer look to tattoo as an identifying  mark of the group-they want to "Have it your way" like the jingle says. Customers now fret and pout at the possibility of wearing a tattoo design which is shared by another. The whole ballgame has changed. 

A lot has changed in the tattoo business in recent time. The art has been de-mystified as the information about it becomes accessible. Equipment is more available, valued trade secrets have been revealed and broadcast to the masses. The actual look of tattoos has been revolutionized as the standard techniques for drawing a proper tattoo design have been cast to the wind. New visual influences ranging from underground comic art to classical oil painting now challenge the time tested values of tattoo art. 

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