Stretching and drying loft / Underwood & Underwood. – Historic Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this stereograph of Stretching and drying loft / Underwood & Underwood.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Stretching and drying loft / Underwood & Underwood.
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Hides stretched out to dry on a loft give this stereograph its subject, one stage in turning raw skins into leather. The card is from a Leather series issued by Underwood & Underwood, the New York firm known for stereoscopic views sold to home viewers in the 1910s. Drying lofts were typically well ventilated, since moving air helped skins dry evenly and kept them from spoiling before finishing. The scene reflects the scale of American tanning in this period, when leather went into shoes, harness, and saddles.
| Created / published | New York : Underwood & Underwood, c1915. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Stereographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J208485 U.S. Copyright Office. Leather series, no. 12035; no. C4628U. |
| Subjects | Leather industry--1910-1920. Hides & skins--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 744 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167623 |
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