Fleshing a hide on a beam. A familiar site to only a few of us these days but a common one for most of our history.
Source: Turkestanskii al’bom, chast’ promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 26.
Adventures of an Imperfect Man In Search of a Handmade Life
Preindustrial Craftsmanship 
Hello! I enjoyed seeing the pictures from the old encyclopedia. My 5th grade daughter is working on a school poster and needs some illustrations on hide tanning which is how I stumbled on to your post. Would you allow her to use the images? Thanks for considering!
Yes, of course!