Creator: Morris, Nelson

Date: 1944-05

Description:


Caption: Aloes. Aruba is the world's foremost and almost exclusive producer of aloin, a pharmaceutical chemical distilled from the aloe plant. A great deal of aloe growing is done on unused Lago property, which is leased to the farmers. The aloe plants, which grow in close cropped clusters hugging the ground, are reaped and the juice saturated leaves placed in inclined wooden troughs. The juice, secreted in the leaves, drips into small receptacles, and is boiled off until a black, resinous, extremely malodorous substance remains. This is packaged in cans and sent to market in the far corners of the earth. Aruba-produced aloin is undoubtedly the finest obtainable and in great demand by leading drug houses.
Photographer: Nelson Morris (Standard Oil Company of New Jersey)
April-May 1944
1 b&w photograph; 8.77 x 9.16 cm.
Part of the LAGO Picture Collection

Courtesy of Biblioteca Nacional Aruba, the National Library of Aruba.
For inquiries and requests regarding use of (high-resolution) images for publications etc., please e-mail [email protected]. Please use the item identifier (to be found at the bottom of the image) in all communication/requests.

Notes:
The LAGO Picture Collection



Part of these collections: