Rubber tree clearing

Image
Description
A hill filled with stumps of Manihot Glaziovii, a tree that produces Ceara India-Rubber that have been clear cut in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A Sri Lanken man stands in the foreground with his hand on the trunk of a Manihot Glaziovii tree that has not been cut down yet. Printed in the bottom left-hand corner in white ink, "C. A. Co. LTD. Ceylon." Printed in white ink at the center bottom, "Manihot Glaziovii. Ceara India-Rubber. No. 121."
Note
No date; likely late 1890s#121 in a series; caption: "Manihot Glaziovii. Ceara India-Rubber."Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Type
Extent
1 photograph : black and white print ; 28 x 21 cm
Rights Note
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Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections