Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department
- Underwood and Underwood
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- Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection
- Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 2: Extractive Industries
- Date
- undated
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.1013, Subseries 2.6
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, 1758-1945, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- Images document all manners of both the American and foreign rubber trade and the manufacturing of products associated with its use. Many of the images show all aspects of work on rubber plantations including clearing the land in places such as Sumatra, Ceylon, Singapore, and the Congo. Other activities include tapping rubber trees, collecting rubber latex, weighing rubber, and washing latex cans. Factory and warehouse work include images of washing, drying, grinding, and preparing washed rubber and compounds for mixing. Images of products made from rubber and their intended use is also illustrated. Most of the images are of the manufacture of tires but also include footwear for outdoor workers, farmers, engineers, railway construction workers, medical staff, outdoor gaming, and navy personnel. Other products made of rubber include air hoses used for drilling fine holes in ornamental stone blocks, in coal mines, and railroad repair shops. Rubber belting for United States Post offices and power transmission are also included. Rubber covered cables in automobile repair shops, in the movies, and telephone exchanges are examples of other products. In addition, rubber flooring, bags, heels, fabrics for raincoats, gloves, hot water bottles, and battery jars are also found among the materials. Materials are arranged in subjects identified by staff and include subseries 2.6.1, coke rubber rails; subseries 2.6.2, rubber -- general, set number one 1-70; subseries 2.6.3, rubber -- general set number two 1-131; and subseries 2.6.4, rubber -- general.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
- Record ID
- ebl-1730148601104-1730148637687-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0