[LeTourneau Tournamatic Carryall]

Photograph of the LeTourneau Tournamatic Carryall. This piece of machinery was designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau of Longview, Texas.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Munitions, Inc.]

Photograph of the inside of LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Munitions, Inc.]

Photograph of the inside of LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas.
Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Munitions, Inc.]

Photograph of the inside of LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Industries]

Photograph of LeTourneau brand machinery moving heavy loads of supplies onto rail cars in Longview, Texas.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Machinery]

Photograph of the LeTourneau 2592 LeTro-stacker at work hauling and stacking logs in Longview, Texas. This piece of machinery was designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau of Longview, Texas.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Dome Construction]

Photograph of the dome construction at LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. The heavy machinery used to construct the dome were designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Dome Construction]

Photograph of the dome construction at LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. The heavy machinery used to construct the dome were designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Dome Construction]

Photograph of the dome construction at LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. The heavy machinery used to construct the dome were designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Machinery]

Photograph of LeTourneau Industries machinery designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau of Longview, Texas. In the photograph, a massive earth-clearing machine is being used to clear the land in the early stages of building the Hansen Dam in San Fernando, California.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Munitions, Inc.]

Photograph of the inside of LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. Shells complete with plugs and grommets are lined up on the floor, ready for the final stage of production.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Munitions, Inc.]

Photograph of the inside of LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. Shells are lined up on the floor, ready for the final stage of production. Four men are at work inside the munitions company.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Dome Construction]

Photograph of the dome construction at LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. The heavy machinery used to construct the dome were designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau. The dome cap is pictured in the foreground.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Munitions, Inc.]

Photograph of the inside of LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. In the photo, the machinery that R. G. LeTourneau designed and built for his facility is shown.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Machinery]

Photograph of two LeTourneau Industries employees repairing the wheels of one of the heavy machine earth movers designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau of Longview, Texas. The immense tires were able to move over large boulders without straining the engine or damaging the equipment.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Robert G. LeTourneau]

Photograph of Robert G. LeTourneau of Longview, Texas. LeTourneau is pictured with military personnel and leaders on top of one of his self-designed machines. LeTourneau is wearing a dark suit, and he is waving his right hand in the air.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Munitions, Inc.]

Photograph of the inside of LeTourneau Munitions, Inc., a company that produced massive amounts of ammunition during WWII in Longview, Texas. Inside the factory, Marion Roper, a machinist at LeTourneau, is filing down shells using a turning band. There are shells lined up on the floor next to Roper.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Western Union Telegram] (open access)

[Western Union Telegram]

Photostat of a telegram from the United States Secretary of War to Mrs. Rose H. Gilbert, expressing his condolences for the death of her son, Private Harold Gilbert.
Date: January 14, 1945
Creator: United States Secretary of War & Dunlop
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harry Goldstein] (open access)

[Letter from Harry Goldstein]

Typed letter to the family of Private Harold Gilbert from a fellow soldier named Harry Goldstein, sent from Marseilles. The letter describes the sinking of a troop transport ship, Dec. 25, 1944, in which in which Gilbert was killed.
Date: August 9, 1945
Creator: Goldstein, Harry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Teenager Dance at Texan Courts]

Photograph of teenagers dancing at the Texan Courts. In the photograph, individuals dance together. Streamers are hung across the ceiling.
Date: [1940..1949]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Gilbert Family] (open access)

[Letter to Gilbert Family]

Photostatic copy of a typed letter from the United States Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, to Max Gilbert. The letter awards Gilbert's son, Harold Gilbert with a Purple Heart for his service, and it expresses Stimson's condolences for the death of Harold Gilbert.
Date: February 13, 1945
Creator: Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hines Wholesale Produce]

Photograph of parked cars in front of the Dallas Farmer's Market on Canton St.
Date: [1940..1949]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boating Activities on White Rock Lake]

Photograph of boating activities on White Rock Lake. Mini speedboats are lined up on a dock as individuals step inside them.
Date: [1940..1949]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damages to Bachman Dam]

Photograph of the Bachman Dam, which is in need of repairs. In the photograph, pieces of concrete laid on a hill are damaged.
Date: July 13, 1940
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History