Rubber tappers carve tree in Dutch East Indies, photograph, Part of Travel Album with Forty Photos of the Dutch East Indies., photographer: Onnes Kurkdjian, Dutch East Indies, The, 1912, paper, daylight gelatin silver print, height 235 mm x width 177 mm, harvest, (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber, economic history, rubber culture, A grayscale photograph showing two men working on a tall tree trunk in a dense leafy environment; one man stands on a ladder leaning against the trunk, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, loose trousers, and a headwrap, with one hand on the trunk and the other holding a tool against the bark, while the other man kneels at the base of the tree, also wearing a headwrap and long clothing, reaching toward the trunk with his hands; the tree trunk shows spiral strips or peeled sections along its length, and foliage with large leaves surrounds them, with buckets and small containers placed on the ground nearby among grasses and scattered leaves.
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Rubber tappers carve tree in Dutch East Indies, photograph, Part of Travel Album with Forty Photos of the Dutch East Indies., photographer: Onnes Kurkdjian, Dutch East Indies, The, 1912, paper, daylight gelatin silver print, height 235 mm x width 177 mm, harvest, (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber, economic history, rubber culture, A grayscale photograph showing two men working on a tall tree trunk in a dense leafy environment; one man stands on a ladder leaning against the trunk, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, loose trousers, and a headwrap, with one hand on the trunk and the other holding a tool against the bark, while the other man kneels at the base of the tree, also wearing a headwrap and long clothing, reaching toward the trunk with his hands; the tree trunk shows spiral strips or peeled sections along its length, and foliage with large leaves surrounds them, with buckets and small containers placed on the ground nearby among grasses and scattered leaves.

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Rubber tappers carve tree Dutch East Indies photograph Part Travel Album Forty Photos photographer Onnes Kurkdjian 1912 paper daylight gelatin silver print height 235 mm x width 177 mm harvest non-fruit products plants trees rubber economic history rubber culture grayscale showing two men working tall trunk dense leafy environment man stands ladder leaning wearing long-sleeved shirt loose trousers headwrap hand holding tool bark man kneels base also wearing long clothing reaching hands tree trunk spiral strips peeled sections length foliage large leaves surrounds them buckets small containers placed ground nearby grasses scattered leaves

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