Illustration of instruments used by Brazilian rubber collectors: a) a 'Machadinha' (small axe) for tapping; b) collecting cup; c) collecting vessel intowhich contents of cups are poured; e) saucer by means of which latex is poured over paddle f during smoking process. The paddle f (to the left) is shown covered with a layer of rubber.

Photographs of the interior of a coagulating shed showing the methods of washing and making sheet rubber by manual labour and the interior of a drying shed showing newly-made sheets (while) in different stages of drying. In the foreground note trays of 'scrap' rubber.

Two photographs showing both the native and improved method of tapping Jelutong trees in Sarawak, Malaysia in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a large Ficus Elastica bush planted in 1900 on the Bandar Binang Estate, Sumatra with young Para rubber trees in the foreground.

Photograph of the largest Para rubber tree in cultivation in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a cow drawing a latex cart in a farm yard next to an Indian man in the Highlands and Lowlands in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a man standing next to a Para rubber tree that has latex collecting cups attached to it at various intervals at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore in the early 20th century.

Photograph of the leaves and fruit of a Hevea Brasiliensis plant.

Illustration of a leaf and fruit of the Hevea Brasiliensis (Hooker); "Ciringa" tree (Indian rubber) size of nature by Henry A Wickham in 1869.

Photograph of a man using a knife to tap a rubber tree on a plantation in [Southeast Asia?] in the early 20th century.