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A Salz tannery employee glazing California Saddle Leather (TM). After tanning and processing, each side was glazed twice, to create a mirror-like surface.
A Salz employee illustrates the scudding process that removed fine hair roots from the hides. It was a very exacting and challenging task. The implement used was a large, dull blade. The hide was stretched over a wooden, sloped structure designed…
Ansel Adams photographed this Salz employee to illustrate a typical beamhouse outfit. The coverings were made of leather for safety because the "beamhouse" was where hides were tanned in large open pits.
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.
An employee at Salz tannery, working the splitting machine. Split leather was used for making wallets, purses, briefcases and shoes.
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…
Mel Stubendorff and an unnamed Salz Tannery co-worker tack the hides up to large boards prior to drying. The drying process usually took several days.
Salz employee Red McCafferty and a co-worker work with a machine called a "splitter" to separate the hide structure into two distinct layers. Splitting the leather into a thinner, more pliable form, increased its markets.
