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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.
San Lorenzo Tannery employees posed for a group photo. Jakob Kron purchased an interest in the Grove Tannery in 1866. He purchased it outright in 1867 for $5,500. By 1890 A.C. Kron and Company was manufacturing products worth $160,000 a year. When…
Employees of the San Lorenzo Tannery hold a hide embossed with "San Lorenzo Tannery, Santa Cruz California." Neither the names of the workers nor the photographer are known. San Lorenzo Tannery had become the premier leather producing company in the…
San Lorenzo Tannery employees are shown sorting finished hides in the 1890's. "The capacity of the works is 250 sides per day, and the product is a superior quality of sole leather. The finished product is shipped to San Francisco, Chicago, New York…
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.…
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.
The installation of the Salz fountain in 1975 required an enormous crane to move the sculpture from River Street down into the courtyard. Its placement was further complicated by the presence of a mature oak tree that once filled in the courtyard…