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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.

Date: 1954
Type: PHOTO

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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…

Date: 1954
Type: PHOTO

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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…

Date: 1954
Type: PHOTO

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