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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 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.
Salz sales manager Howard Halper presented Miss California (name not known) with a leather gift at the tannery. Occasion unknown.
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…
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…
Tan pits could be dangerous so employees often worked in pairs while removing vegetable tanned hides from them. Jeremy Lezin remembers that as a kid "Salz sales manager Howard Halper fell into the pits while conducting a tour." The term…
Green bark was removed from a tanoak tree. Salz started harvesting tanoak outside Santa Cruz County in the 1940's and 1950's when the local supply dwindled. The Mendocino Coast was deemed the best source at the time. Bark stripping was always…
This Salz Tannery greeting card featured a product display that included fine saddles, personal leather goods and luggage. Salz California Saddle Leather TM was distributed nationwide. The company had an agent in Mexico as well. In later years Salz…
San Lorenzo Tannery employees used sharp knives to "hand flesh" or separate the flesh from the hides. The San Lorenzo Tannery began its relationship with Kullman-Salz in the 1880's. It was later sold to Kullman-Salz in 1917. It closed in 1929 due to…
Stripping tanoak from trees was a labor intensive process. Salz Tannery purchased tanoak bark from suppliers who found a good supply along the Mendocino coast. The man in the photograph worked for a supplier.