232. PHILIPPINES: Abaca (hemp) drying in the sun. (…)

232. PHILIPPINES: Abaca (hemp) drying in the sun. (…)

Creator
Three Lions / Jacobs, Charles Fenno.
Date created
circa 1930s-1950s
Accession No.
OFI-001199
Location
OFI-001101 to OFI-001200OFI-001199.jpg
Notes
Racks of Manila hemp (abaca) fibers drying on racks in the sun. Virtually the same view as OFI-001198. Full caption continues: "It is silvery white when dried. Hemp is grown throughout the Islands, and is cultivated both for its tough fibre and for the bhang and hashish extracted from it."
Type
Photograph, B/W, trimmed/no border, glossy.
Medium
1 photographic print
Subject 1
Abaca industry — Philippines.
Subject 2
Abaca (Fiber) — Drying — Philippines.
Subject 3
Abaca — Davao — Philippines.
Actual Image Location
Box No. 2, Business & Industry
Call number
OFI-001199