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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.
Hides were stacked after being removed from the salt pits. They could be stored for months in salt. Hides were brine cured and dosed with rock salt to preserve them in transit.
Santa Cruz artist Gene Flores designed a sculpture for Salz Tannery that was both beautiful and functional. Salz Tannery required a cooling tower for a particular piece of equipment. Norman Lezin decided that one of Gene Flores' fountain sculptures…
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…
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.
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.…
Jeremy Lezin took this aerial photograph of the Salz Tannery sometime in the 1980's. River Street/Highway 9 and the Tannery are in the foreground and the growth of trees marks the path of the San Lorenzo River.
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…
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…