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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.

Date: 1954
Place: Santa Cruz City
Source of Information: Jeremy Lezin
Related Articles:

  • Economic Development of the City of Santa Cruz 1850-1950: Tanneries
  • Leather with Personality [A.K. Salz Company]
  • San Lorenzo Tannery [1896]

Original size: 8"x10"
Medium: b&w

This photograph was taken by Ansel Adams. It is the property of the Lezin Family and is displayed courtesy of the Lezin Family and with the permission of the Ansel Adams Trust.

Full size: 600x478
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Subject Headings and Keywords: Industries--Tanneries--Salz Tannery |  Portraits--Men |  Leather Industry |  Clothing and Dress |  Hats |  Machinery |  Equipment |  Hides and Skins |  Employees | 
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