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Standard Lumber Mill Yard with stacked logs andlumber in 1965 which was owned by Gene Scarborough.
Stan Blackburn, a 32-year Salz Tannery employee, hauls hides through the plant. Blackburn's stepson, surfer Jay Moriarity, died in a diving accident. Shmuel Thaler/ Sentinel photos.
A stack of sides on a "horse." Horses were used at Salz to move sides of leather into measuring until the company closed in 2001.
The spray machines at Salz Tannery needed to be constantly adjusted. Depending on the finish required, the spray booths deposited waxes, lacquers, oils, dyes, pigments and protein solutions on the leather. Before this, the leather was dried. After…
Sluice used for gold dredging by the Leonard family. The operation took place on Manresa Creek, which the Leonards owned. Enough gold was found to pay for the purchase of land and the construction of a store in the Aptos Village area.
This photograph was taken in 1954 when hides were still hand-scudded. After hair and flesh were removed chemically and mechanically, scudding removed fine hair roots to produce leather of even grain and depth. [Artistically, it is interesting to…
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…
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…