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38 photos and 2 illustrations tagged rubber, from 10 members of Flickr Commons.

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• Miami University Libraries - Digital Collections 14 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 10 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 4 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 3 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 3 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 2 photos & illustrations
• Royal Australian Historical Society 1 photo / illustration
• National Library of Medicine 1 photo / illustration
• Nationaal Archief 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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Winch, Workwear, Weird Object

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 33 older comments, and then…
• Dru said:

  a miner's candle spike, perhaps?

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Dru Great suggestion, Dru! So the white tubey thing would be the candle itself? Slightly disappointed though, I hoped for something exotic...

• Niall McAuley said:

  He's holding two things, a candle spike and a folding ruler. The man at right of shot also has a ruler. You know the ones with brass hinges, like this:
  
  

• ccferrie said:

  The guy with the galoshes is definitely not a labourer - look at that starched collar and the very clean overalls!

• ccferrie said:

  The guy you've tagged as Mr Jackson also appears in the image

A Member of the Washington, D. C. Boys Club Wheels in a Load of Old Sneakers and Arctics to Add to the Nation's Scrap Rubber Collection. ca. 06/1942

from U.S. National Archives

• Captain evildeathbaby said:

  you know, I've NEVER seen kids write the S backwards. Gotta wonder if the photographer or whoever put it there.

Rubber Bands

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• Artur Sikora said:

  oooh... I thought he is chopping legs :D great photograph

• RG_IV12 said:

  Looks messy ... see some of the products of the time.
  

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  RG_IV12 Excellent! Thank you

• Pratap Shitole said:

  i have also work in rubber ind