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Title: Hides after being removed from the salt pits
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.
Source of information: Jeremy Lezin
Publication Information: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Contributing Institution: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Collection: Photo Collection
Rights Information: This photograph is the property of the Lezin Family and is displayed here with their permission.
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Description: 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.
Source of information: Jeremy Lezin
Type: image
Format: Image
Identifier: LH-salz-024
Language: English
Subject: Tanneries
Salz Tannery
Place: Santa Cruz (City)
Relation: Economic Development of the City of Santa Cruz 1850-1950: Tanneries
Leather with Personality [A.K. Salz Company] San Lorenzo Tannery [1896]

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