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Rubber plantations

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

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Crepe Rubber in Drying Shed. Wardieburn Group, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2587
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Hevea Seedlings in Baskets, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2598
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Large Ficus Elastica Planted in 1900 on Bandar Binang Estate, Sumatra, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2900
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Leguminous Plants (Crotolaria striala), 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2610
Scope and Contents

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.

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

Manihot Glaziovii at Dadanowa, Rupununi, [Guyana], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3283
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Mr. H. A. Wickham, Founder of the Hevea Brasiliensis Plantation Industry in the East., 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/73
Scope and Contents

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

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

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-1434/2594
Scope and Contents

Instructions for planting a para Indian rubber forest from spacing, planting, and cutting down trees.

Dates: 1870s-1930s