Vegetable tanned - or tanoak - leather

Vegetable tanned - or tanoak - leather was hung until ready for shipping. Vegetable leather dried naturally over a period of days. Salz Tannery switched to a chrome process about 1961. The chrome process made a softer tannage, more suitable for footwear and garments. Chrome tanned leather could be dried in a matter of hours. Because it was faster, it was more commercial.

Source of information: Jeremy Lezin

Creator: Adams, Ansel

Date: 1954

Type: PHOTO

Coverage:

Santa Cruz (City)
1950s

Rights: This photograph was taken by Ansel Adams and is the property of the Lezin Family. It is displayed here with the permission of the Lezin Family and the Ansel Adams Trust.

Restrictions on Use

Physical Dimensions: 8"x10"

Identifier: LH-aa-035

Economic Development of the City of Santa Cruz 1850-1950: Tanneries
Leather with Personality [A.K. Salz Company]
San Lorenzo Tannery [1896]

Collection

Photograph Collection

Citation

Adams, Ansel. “Vegetable tanned - or tanoak - leather.” 1954. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/9968. Accessed 1 May 2024.