A photograph print showing Chicago & Illinois Midland (CIM) 501, 4-4-0, Peoria, IL.

A photograph negative showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 230, 0-8-0, Peoria, IL.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 236, 0-6-0, Peoria, IL.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 917, 4-6-2 (Alco/Schenectady), Peoria, IL.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 961, 4-6-2, on a passenger train, Peoria. IL.

A photograph print showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (CRIP, RI, or ROCK) 2538, 2-8-2, Peoria, IL.

Patent for a cotton and corn planter that does not put as much pressure on the tongue of the machine as previous models and that allows the plow attachment to be lifted higher off the ground to avoid obstacles.

Photograph of a Model C Tournapull, likely from the 1940s based on similar images found online and "LeTourneau Heavy Equipment" by Eric C. Orlemann. According to him, the Model C was the most popular of the scrapers built by the company.

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. A. Chittick, recorded in the letter as 'Mrs. Thomas Shithick' regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee William Chittick, recorded in the letter as 'William Alfred Shithick'. Letter contains transcribed message to mother from internee broadcast on Radio Tokyo. Letter also contains note dated July 8, 1943 to Mrs. Larsen from Cecelia McKie that asks Mrs. Larsen to forward the message to the P.O.W.'s family, as the letter was returned in the mail. She asks Mrs. Larsen for Canadian maps, as she is now hearing messages broadcast from Canadian prisoners.

Letter from Samuel Rothberg to Daniel W. Kempner with attached excerpts from the United Nations Economic Survey Mission as promised.

Letter from Samuel Rothberg to Mr. I. H. Kempner requesting for early contribution of monetary funds to stand as an example of inestimable value.

Letter from W. S. Carter to M. O. Laisure discussing that Laisure's inquiry as to the authority to enable the 11th and 12th seniority districts to consolidate. Carter reiterates that Laisure does not have the permissions to authorize the consolidation, and to do so would call for objections from the company.

Letter from Walter D. Moore to M. O. Laisure discussing the constitutional rules of consolidation of two seniority districts and where the information is found. Also discussed is the individual to contact (Brother Carter) if the recipient needs more definite information.

Map shows ward boundaries, street names, lot and house numbers, landowners, additions, subdivisions, railroads, steamboat landings and fairgrounds; structures and some businesses annotated in pencil. Includes note, street index, and key to named additions and subdivisions. Scale not given.

Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major cities and towns, and major rivers through the midwestern states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and parts of Ohio, Tennessee, Kansas, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Scale not given.

A photograph print showing the Minneapolis & St. Louis (MSTL) 626, 2-8-2.

A photograph print showing the Minneapolis & St. Louis (MSTL) D-738 diesel switcher, two four-wheel trucks, Peoria, IL.

A photograph print showing the Minneapolis & St. Louis (MSTL) ME-4 motorcar with passenger & baggae sections, Peoria, IL.

Photograph of a Model-D Tournapull attached to the Carryall Model Q. According to information found online (https://contract295dev.wpenginepowered.com/classic-machines/model-d-tournapull/), the company built this combination, an "air transportable earthmover," for the U.S. Army from 1942-1946, during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, LeTourneau built over 600 of these machines and continued production after the war. This photograph was clearly meant for a brochure or catalog, since the background has been eliminated.

A photograph print showing the New York, Chicago & St. Louis (NKP-"Nickel Plate Road") 152, 4-6-0, Peoria, IL.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a school hostage situation in Peoria, Illinois. Three gunmen feeling from the police took refuge in St. Cecilia Roman Catholic school and held 23 students and two teachers hostage. None of the students were injured but one of the gunmen was shot to death.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a shooting in Peoria, Illinois. Three men seized a school after robbing a nearby store of a number of guns.