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Tree tapping

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

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

8 Year Old Para Rubber, Gikiyanakand, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3278
Scope and Contents

Photograph of 8 year old Para rubbert trees being tapped on a plantation in Gikiyanakand[?] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

10 Year Old Rubber Tree on Kempsey Estate, Selangor, [Malaysia], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3277
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a man collecting rubber from a 10 year old rubber tree which has been tapped using a herring-bone pattern on the Kempsey Estate, Selangor, [Malaysia] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Ceara-Tapping in Hawaii on the Full Herring-Bone System, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3048
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two men standing next to a Ceara rubber tree that has been tapped using the full herring-bone system in Hawaii in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Chinese Tapper at Work, Atherton Estate, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3050
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Chinese tree tapper at work on the Atherton Estate in [Malaysia?] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Diagramatic Representation of Tapping Methods, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3228
Scope and Contents

Six diagramatic illustrations representing different tree-tapping methods: V tapping; herring-bone; half herring-bone; basal V; spiral and New Northway.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Half Herring Bone Paring System, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3032
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a rubber tree that was tapped using the half herring bome paring system done by Dr. Huber with his tapping knife in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Hevea Rubber Showing Two Basal V's and Rambong Rubber Tree, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3262
Scope and Contents

Photographs of rubber trees: the image on the left shows a Hevea rubber tree showing two Basal V tapping marks and the image on the right shows a Rambong (ficus elastica) rubber tree in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Jelutong Tree (Sarawak), [Malaysia], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3049
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Latex Collecting Cups On a Para Rubber Tree, Botanic Gardens, Singapore, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3051
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

[Man Using a Knife to Tap a Rubber Tree], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3052
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1870s-1930s