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Salz employee Parky Hibbard tacks leather to large boards prior to drying. The hides stayed tacked to the boards for several days prior to moving to the next process.
The tanoak used to dye leather was stored in drying sheds across Highway 9 from the main Salz Tannery complex. Modern forklifts replaced horse and wagon in the 1960s. The drying process took about six months. The building in this photo was used to…
Ansley Kullman Salz holding a sample of the leather made by his company, the A. K. Salz Tannery in Santa Cruz, California. Ansley bought the San Lorenzo Tannery in 1917 with a relative named Herman Kullman and renamed it the Kullman Salz Tannery. The…
Papa Anecito used horse and wagon to transport the tanoak bark from the drying sheds across Highway 9 to the main Salz Tannery buildings. On the very rare days when he was sick and couldn't make it to Salz, other employees had a very hard time…
The oldest building at Salz was probably built around 1861. It was the original "beam house", that housed the wet operations at Salz. The photo is taken from Highway 9. A horse and wagon used to move bark to the tannery from the drying sheds paused…
Salz sales manager Howard Halper presented Miss California (name not known) with a leather gift at the tannery. Occasion unknown.
Salz owner and president, Norman Lezin inspects tanoak bark. This was used to "vegetable" tan the leather. Tanoak was used as the primary tanning source until the early 1960's. After that leather was tanned by using a chrome process.
This photo of the Salz Tannery lunchroom was taken sometime during the mid-1950's. According to Jeremy Lezin, Salz was one of the very few companies in the 50's and early 60's that hired African Americans. As a point of interest, Helen Salz, Ansley's…
Salz employees Chuck Anstead (left) and Joe Bellas work with a Sheridan Press. Sheridan Presses were large machines designed to create heat and pressure. When leather was sandwiched between these huge plates, the surface was flattened, brightened and…
This aerial photograph of Salz Tannery was taken in the early 1950's possibly by Vester Dick Photography. River Street/Highway 9 is on the left and the San Lorenzo River is on the right.