Five people among rubber trees, Singapore
During the Industrial Age, rubber products were in high demand during the but rubber trees could only thrive in a very narrow set of climatic regions. Rubber uses in the early 20th century include but are not limited to: hoses, belts, dampeners, adhesives, gloves, pencil erasers, shoes soles, and elastic products.
Created/Published: between ca. 1890 and 1923
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print, Carpenter Collection.
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c20357
URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c20357