The caption for this 1912 image reads: Drawing milk from a tree to make rubber. Here we see a native girl tapping a rubber tree in Ceylon. Holes or grooves are cut in the trunk of the tree, and in a few hours milky juice flows out and is caught in basins or tins. A good tree yields about 20 gallons of juice in a season, producing 40 pounds of rubber. The juice is called caoutchouc, which is a native American word.
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The caption for this 1912 image reads: Drawing milk from a tree to make rubber. Here we see a native girl tapping a rubber tree in Ceylon. Holes or grooves are cut in the trunk of the tree, and in a few hours milky juice flows out and is caught in basins or tins. A good tree yields about 20 gallons of juice in a season, producing 40 pounds of rubber. The juice is called caoutchouc, which is a native American word.

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Ivy Close Images

Notre référence

UMG25A06_067

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Droits gérés

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49,1Mo (4,6Mo) / 28,5cm x 43,2cm / 3368 x 5100 (300dpi)

Mots clés

rubber manufacture rubber tree girl tree Ceylon sri lanka Ceylon sri lanka 20th century caoutchouc caoutchouc juice

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