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[Photograph 2012.201.B1129.0228]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "James R. Robberson, of the U. S. Army Air Corps, city native."
Date: April 18, 1945
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1129.0229]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "James R. Robberson, of the U. S. Army Air Corps, city native."
Date: April 18, 1945
Creator: United States. Air Force.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cotton PickerLT20 Folder 392

Photograph of what is described as a cotton picker. There appears to be no record of LeTourneau building such a machine.
Date: 1945
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LeTourneau Industries]

Photograph of the LeTourneau Industries oil rig building facility near Vicksburg, Mississippi, which began operation in 1944. The photograph shows an aerial view of the facility. The platforms were assembled on the river band and were walked into the river for final fitting. From Vicksburg, the river tow boats transported the rigs to New Orleans, Louisiana, where they were transferred to the Gulf by ocean going tugs. The first off-shore drilling rig ever created was designed and built by Robert G. LeTourneau without any formal drawings or plans.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Loading a train with a forklift truck

Photograph of a LeTourneau forklift truck loading a 18-wheeler trailer onto a railroad flatbed. Trailer in the foreground says "Magnolia Trailer Mfg. Co." Trailer being loaded says "Magnolia Mobile Homes, Vicksburg, Miss."
Date: 1945
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History