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Image: Walter T. Watanabe examining two specimens of guayule

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Description: Manzanar, California June 1942. Walter T. Watanabe, rubber project foreman, examining two specimens of guayule, rubber-bearing desert shrub, in various stages of growth. In his left arm, Watanabe holds a matured 24-year-old shrub and in his right arm, a two-year-old plant which is in bloom. The blooms will be used in cross pollination in experiments to improve the rubber content of guayule.
Title: Walter T. Watanabe examining two specimens of guayule
Credit: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.74017/
Author: Francis Stewart
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License: Public domain
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