Unhairing

Photograph

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Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Unhairing

Entry/Object ID

2000.29.40

Description

Photograph of a worker at the Sawyer Tannery working with the unhairing machine. The unhairing machine removes the hair from the hide. All beamhouse processes of soaking, liming, unhairing and bating are done under carefully controlled conditions to prepare the side for tanning. The man in the photograph is unidentified. Duplicate photographs, 2000.29ll and 2000.29mm Location: PF 108B

Collection

Photographs

Acquisition

Accession

2000.29

Source or Donor

Sawyer of Napa, Inc

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Burrell Wilson

Date made

1920 - 1960

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

Tanneries, Cows, Leather goods, Leather industry, Labor, Men

Search Terms

PF108B Napa City: Businesses, Tanneries, Sawyer Tannery, Napa, California, Leather, Tanneries, Cows, Leather goods, Leather industry, Labor, Men, Factory Workers, Factory Machines, Business & Commerce, People, Factories, Agriculture/Livestock, Unhairing Machine, Hides

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Create Date

May 27, 2008

Update Date

June 23, 2021