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Title	Sylva Tanning Company
Creator	Sherrill, George
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Original	1920/1930
Dimensions	7.9" x 27.1"
Description	This panoramic view is identified in the lower right margin as the '`Sylva Tanning Company,' Sylva, N.C.'� It has a credit line of 'Photo by Sherrill Studio, Asheville, N.C.'� The intertwined importance of western North Carolina's timber resources and industrial development is evident in the amount of wood seen in the yard. In this instance, the tannery utilized chestnut trees, plentiful before a devastating chestnut blight in the 1930s, to obtain tannin in order to tan hides. The new Sylva Paperboard Company, which began operations in 1928 adjacent to the tannery, was meant to take advantage of the wood chips created in the production of leather.
Subject	Tanneries -- North Carolina -- Jackson County Sylva Tanning Company (Sylva, N.C.)
Time Period	1920s
Location	Jackson County (N.C.)
Source Institution	Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Collection	John Parris (MSS 00-06)
Inventory Number	HL_MSS00_06ovz
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723