Owner : Henry N. Zinkan

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Item Name	St. Jacobs Tannery	Image1
Other Owner(s)	Baumann, Isaac E.
Category	Photos
Year	Early: 1876 - Late: 1876
Description	A photograph taken in 1876 of workers standing outside St. Jacobs Tannery which was owned and operated by Isaac E. Bowman, later in partnership with Henry Zinkan. As noted in "The early history of Jakobstettel," Isaac E. Bowman started the business in 1855 and employed five people by 1861. Two employees were engaged in tanning and the remaining three in shoemaking. In the photograph you can see a pile of hemlock bark used in the process of tanning, and in the hands of the workers tools used in their trade.
Collection	Kitchener Public Library Contact : 85 Queen St. N. Kitchener 519-743-0271 x248 www.kpl.org
Accession No.	P532 E20
References	Martin, Virgil Emerson. The early history of Jakobstettel (St Jacobs, 1979), pp. 51, 62 and 72.
See other linked artifacts	Advertisement - St. Jacobs Tannery A copy of an advertisement for St. Jacobs Tannery, Bowman & Zinkann, proprietors. The advertisement was printed in the County of Waterloo Gazetter and General Business Directory for 1864.

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