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Rubber

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Mimusops Globosa Showing Cuts, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3284
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man standing next to a Mimusops globosa tree showing cuts from tapping from the book, 'Rubber and Balata in British Guiana' in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Natural Rubber Tree About 120 Feet High, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3013
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a natural rubber tree about 120 feet high in a forest in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image notes that this tree yielded 30 lbs of rubber at one tapping.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Nectria Sp[ores] On Hevea braziliensis, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1223
Scope and Contents

Illustration of Nectria spores on Hevea braziliensis plants.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Old Para Rubber Tree, Henerat[h]goda, [Sri Lanka], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3225
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man in a white suit holding a pipe standing next to an old Para rubber tree that has been tapped using a herring bone pattern in Henerat[h]goda, [Sri Lanka] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Para and Ficus Elastica, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3012
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a forest of Para and Ficus elastica trees that were planted between July and September, 1899.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Para Indian Rubber, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3226
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a Para Indian rubber tree and text describing the ideal tree-form for the Hevea and notes on the best type of planing methods.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Para Rubber, 20 Years Old, Slowing Tapping, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3265
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two men standing next to a 20 year old Para rubber tree that is slowing tapping in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Para Rubber "Biscuits" being dried in a Tea-leaf Withering House, Ceylon, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/51
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the interior of a tea-leaf withering house in Ceylon [now, known as Sri Lanka] which has rows of para rubber rounds lying on the floor and on shelves being dried.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Para Rubber Tree No. 2, One of the Oldest in the Malay Peninsula, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3236
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two men standing next to the Para rubber tree no. 2 that is one of the oldest in the Malay Peninsula in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Para Seed Germinated Showing Roots and Base of Stem, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3229
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a life sized Para rubber tree seed germinated and showing the roots and the base of the stem.

Dates: 1870s-1930s