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Name and location of repository
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Item
Title
D158972-4
Date(s)
- 1970-10-09 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Two large machines, resembling cement mixers, were used to clean cowhides at the Hibbard-Stewart Co. in the Port of Tacoma Industrial Yard on October 9, 1970. Once the hides were cleaned and dried, they were converted into leather and used to manufacture a variety of products including bags, clothing and shoes. Hibbard-Stewart Co., founded in 1887, was located at 401 Alexander Ave. They did a brisk business in curing and preserving green cattle hides from local slaughterhouses and shipped them through the Port of Tacoma. Photograph ordered by Challenge Cook Brothers Inc., City of Industry, CA. (TNT ad 5-21-72, insert p. 16)
Hides & skins; Curing (Preservation)--Tacoma; Hibbard-Stewart Co. (Tacoma)