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Ansel Adams photographed this Salz employee to illustrate a typical beamhouse outfit.
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A Salz employee illustrates the scudding process that removed fine hair roots from the hides.
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Subject Headings and Keywords: Industries--Tanneries--Salz Tannery, Minority Racial Groups--Blacks, Portraits--Men, Leather Industry, Hides and Skins, Knives, Gloves, Aprons, Clothing and Dress, Employees, African Americans
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This photograph was taken in 1954 when hides were still hand-scudded.
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Subject Headings and Keywords: Industries--Tanneries--Salz Tannery, Minority Racial Groups--Blacks, Portraits--Men, Leather Industry, Tanning, Employees, African Americans, Gloves, Knives, Hides and Skins, Aprons, Clothing and Dress
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Vegetable tanned - or tanoak - leather was hung until ready for shipping.
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Tan pits could be dangerous so employees often worked in pairs while removing vegetable tanned hides from them.
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