Santa Cruz Tannery, Town of Santa Cruz, and mouth of the San Lorenzo River, looking south – Antique Print
![Santa Cruz Tannery, Town of Santa Cruz, and mouth of the San Lorenzo River, looking south, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/56/565b91fe6a34-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Santa Cruz Tannery, Town of Santa Cruz, and mouth of the San Lorenzo River, looking south in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Santa Cruz Tannery, Town of Santa Cruz, and mouth of the San Lorenzo River, looking south
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Among the town views of the 1860s, this one turns from scenery to industry, showing the Santa Cruz tannery at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, looking south. Tanning was a common trade in nineteenth-century California, where hides were soaked in tannin-rich bark liquors to make leather, and a site near a river gave the works water for processing. The picture is one half of a stereograph issued in the *Gems of California Scenery* series around 1866, and the Library holds only this half of the pair, so the three-dimensional effect the original viewer would have seen is not preserved here.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 40. LOT subdivision subject: Santa Cruz. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,438 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116130 |
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