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.

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

Photograph of a Para rubber tree that has been tapped using the herring-bone method in the early 20th century.

Photograph of a 5 year old rubber trees with herring-bone tapping patterns on the Batu Caves Estate in [Malaysia].

Photograph of a tree in a forest with a single 'V' carved in the trunk for tapping on para rubber in the early 20th century.

Photograph of men tapping old trees by hand.

Photograph of men tapping twelve year old rubber trees on a plantation in [Malaysia?] in the early 20th century. In the image, the men are cutting a spiral pattern into the trees and a water buffalo is harnessed to a large cannister.

Photograph of a man tapping a young rubber tree using a herring-bone pattern on the Rantau Panjang Estate in [Malaysia] in the early 20th century.

Photographs of trees with cut markings for tapping. The image on the left shows good cuts in the tap wounds in the tree and the image on the right shows difficult to tap deep cut wounds.

Photograph of Asian labourers learning how to tap on a 4 1/2 year old rubber tree on the Kempsey Estate in Malaysia in the early 20th century.