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...

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.