Olsen-Nolte
Saddlery-Saddle Maker
Opened
1930s
Al Nolte was born in Los Angeles but grew up in San Francisco where he learned saddle making while apprenticing at Main & Winchester. Al went to work for Visalia’s Dave Walker but grew restless drifting to the Denver based saddleries of J H Wilson & Hermann Heiser before returning to the Bay Area where he joined with businessman John E. Olsen to form the Olsen-Nolte firm in the 1930s. An instant hit, the partnership became one of the top-ranking saddleries overnight, necessitating an expansion, which ultimately overtaxed Nolte’s capabilities and resulted in his sale to Olsen.
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