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  • Rubber tree in a rubber plantation

    Nature and Environment · Transportation
    This photograph shows a rubber tree in a rubber plantation. It captures the cut in the tree's bark and the rubber milk inside the slit. A narrow road lies in the middle of the plantation. Title devised by library staff. Date of creation estimated.

  • A close-up view of rubber tree tapping [3]

    Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a close-up view of the tapping of a rubber tree. It captures the cut in the tree's bark and the rubber milk oozing from the slit into a bowl attached to the bark to collect the milk. Title devised by library staff. Date of creation estimated.

  • A close-up view of rubber tree tapping [1]

    Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a close-up view of the tapping of a rubber tree. It captures the cut in the tree's bark and the bowl attached to the bark to collect the rubber milk. Title devised by library staff. Date of creation estimated.

  • A close-up view of rubber tree tapping [2]

    Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a close-up view of the tapping of a rubber tree. It captures the cut in the tree's bark and the rubber milk inside the slit. Title devised by library staff. Date of creation estimated.

  • A view of a rubber tree plantation

    Nature and Environment
    This photograph shows a general view of a rubber tree plantation. Most of the trees have tapping marks on their barks. Title devised by library staff. Date of creation estimated.

  • Rubber tapping : general view [2]

    Economy · Nature and Environment · Edwin A. Brown Collection
    This is a photograph from E. A. Brown's collection. It shows an Indian plantation worker tapping a rubber tree. The V-shaped cuts in the bark ensure that the latex flows down to the cup at the bottom where it can later be collected. Date of creation estimated. Title devised by...

  • Rubber tapping : general view [1]

    Economy · Nature and Environment · Edwin A. Brown Collection
    This is a pre-1914 photograph from E. A. Brown's collection. It shows the back view of a man bending over to tap a rubber tree or possibly collecting the latex from an earlier tapping. No date of creation provided. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.

  • Rubber tapping, 1950s : close-up

    Economy · Tyers, R. K. (Ray K.), 1919-
    This is a 1950s photograph of the bark of a rubber tree where the bark has been cut diagonally so that the sap of the tree would trickle down and collect in a small bowl below it. Digitized from an album page containing 7 photographs described collectively as "Tin Mining...
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