Tapping a rubber tree, Motagua Valley, Guatemala
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 1890 and 1925]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA , Carpenter Collection
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b43905
URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b43905