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  • Rubber plantation, Singapore

    Nature and Environment · Transportation
    This is a black-and-white postcard with a photograph of part of a rubber plantation. A straight country road is seen near the middle leading to the background. Rubber trees are seen on both sides of the road. The back of the postcard is unwritten. Date of creation estimated.
  • Rubber Estate Singapore

    Nature and Environment
    This is a black-and-white postcard with a photograph of a man in an European suit and hat posing with a young rubber tree in a rubber plantation. More young rubber trees can be seen in the photograph The back of the postcard is unwritten. Date of creation estimated.
  • Rubber plantation, Singapore

    Nature and Environment
    This is a coloured postcard with a photograph of part of a rubber plantation. A boy is standing in front of a rubber tree. A hut is seen further back on the left. The back of the postcard is unwritten. Date of creation estimated.
  • Thomson Road, Singapore

    Streets and Places · Nature and Environment
    This postcard shows a village road that runs through a rubber estate in Singapore. One side of the road is lined with thatched-roof houses and tall trees. A dweller is standing in front one of the houses while another is walking down the road. The other side of the road...
  • Rubber tapping Singapore

    Nature and Environment · Economy
    This postcard shows a rubber tapper at work in a rubber plantation. He is making slits in the bark of the rubber tree to extract the latex. A pail is placed at the foot of the tree to collect the latex. No date of creation estimated. Title taken from front...
  • Tapping rubber

    Economy · Nature and Environment
    This postcard shows a rubber tapper at work in a rubber plantation. He is making slits in the bark of the rubber tree to extract the latex. A small cup is placed at the foot of the tree to collect the dripping latex while a steel pail is found next...
  • Rubber estate Singapore

    Economy · Nature and Environment
    This postcard shows a group of young children in a rubber estate. They are pictured in the middle of heavy rows of rubber trees with a man wearing a hat, who is probably the estate owner. No date of creation estimated. Title taken from front of postcard. Description by Library...
  • Tapping rubber trees Singapore

    Economy · Nature and Environment
    This postcard shows rubber tappers working in a rubber plantation. Next to them are pails to collect the latex. A bullock cart carrying a large container is parked among the rubber trees. On the back of the postcard are some Japanese written text as well as information on the printer...