Cinchona succiruba: spoke-shaving the bark, 1880 - 1920
Scope and Contents
279 x 212 mm. Showing workers on ladders posed in the act of shaving the bark under the supervision of two Europeans. A worker in the foreground is tying grass around the trunk of a shaved tree. The photograph illustrates the way in which cinchona was often interplanted with coffee on an estate.
Dates
- Creation: 1880 - 1920
Creator
- From the Fonds: Alexander, John Abercromby, 1854 (forester) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
Date information
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Finding aid date
2015-01-23 09:39:03+00:00
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