No. 3 Tanning Drums

Photograph

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Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

No. 3 Tanning Drums

Entry/Object ID

2011.73.535

Description

Black and white photograph for Sawyer Tanning Co. Man feeding hides into large tanning drums. Caption at bottom reads, "No. 3 Tanning Drums: Particular care is taken to assure uniformity of the tanning process which takes place in these revolving drums." Location: Company photos/Advertisement box, Company Photos folder

Collection

Sawyer Tannery Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2011.73

Source or Donor

Napa Valley Museum

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1942 - 1949

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Photographs, Leather industry, Tanneries

Search Terms

Sawyer Tanning Co., Leather industry, Photographs, Tanneries, Leather-tanning

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Create Date

December 1, 2011

Update Date

June 23, 2021