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The Salz Leathers sign includes the logo as well as the phrase "natural leather since 1861". The buildings were painted a distinctive barn red and were a landmark along the River Street/Highway 9 corridor. This photograph was taken by Shmuel…
Salz plant superintendent, Joe Bellas, holds the finished product. The Ansel Adams photograph was part of a series documenting each step of the leather making process in 1954.
Salz sales manager Howard Halper presented Miss California (name not known) with a leather gift at the tannery. Occasion unknown.
The Salz sculpture was hoisted by crane and paused on River Street prior to its installation in the tannery courtyard. The man in the picture is unknown.
Bark storage was crucial to the smooth operation of Salz Tannery. You needed to cut and store enough bark to last for a year. There was no protection from fire at the River Street sheds.
Ansel Adams photographed this Salz Tannery employee working on the glazing process that made the California Saddle Leather TM unique.
Salz Tannery employed about 185 people in 1985. Though staff from every department was represented in this group photo, there were usually only 60-70% of the staff present at any given time. Whimsical cow cutouts were part of the courtyard scenery.…
About 130 people worked for Salz Tannery when this photo was taken in 1998. The Lezins took group photographs every 5-10 years for the benefit of the employees - a tradition begun at the turn of the century.
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…