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Photograph of strips of crepe rubber hanging from the ceiling in a drying shed in the early/mid 20th century. This was part of the Wardiburn group estates in Malaysia.

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Photograph of Hevea seedlings in baskets in a nursery that is protected by the shade of the seven year-old trees.

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

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Photograph of a man standing in a field of leguminous plans (Crotolaria striala) with youn Para rubber plants growing in its midst in the early 20th century.

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

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Photograph of a man with a scythe next to a Manihot glaziovii tree on a plantation at Rupununi, [Guyana] in the early 20th century.

Content Description This small collection consists of the material collected by Dr Tom Barron, for his research into the plantation industry in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the British community there. Having not found any surviving records when he visited Ceylon (Sri Lanka), he decided to search for private papers, including by publishing a call in the Quaterly Bulletin no. 151 of the Ceylon Association in London, for personal papers and experiences relating to planting and business ventures in Ceylon in the 19th...

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Photographic portrait of H[enry] A[alexander] Wickham, a British explorer and Founder of the Hevea Brasiliensis [rubber] Plantation Industry in the East.

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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.

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