LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 1, January 1, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 1, January 1, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: January 1, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 2, January 15, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 2, January 15, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: January 15, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 3, February 1, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 3, February 1, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: February 1, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 4, February 15, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 4, February 15, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: February 15, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Track-Less Land Train with pipe load P0U, P-10-34, L 6956

Photograph of a Track-less Land Train carrying a large load of pipe. The Land Train was outfitted with 24 electric-driven wheels.
Date: February 17, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 5, March 1, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 5, March 1, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sno-train, view from car, P0U, P-10-34, L 6938

Photograph of the VC-22 Sno-Freighter, which measured 274 feet in length and had a maximum payload of 175 tons. One went to work transporting supplies in Alaska in 1956.
Date: March 2, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 6, March 15, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 6, March 15, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: March 15, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 7, April 1, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 7, April 1, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: April 1, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

A digging machine that can dig its way right up a straight bank J5G, Photo 16, L-7399

Photograph of one of LeTourneau's digging machines, which was capable of digging its way right up a straight bank as seen here. The photo was taken on 1955-04-14, according to the filename given to the image.
Date: April 14, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

A digging machine that can dig its way right up a straight bank J5G, Photo 17, L-7395

Photograph of a digging machine that can dig its way right up a straight bank. Unsure of Model number.
Date: April 14, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 8, April 15, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 8, April 15, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: April 15, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 9, May 1, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 9, May 1, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: May 1, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 10, May 15, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 10, May 15, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: May 15, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 11, June 1, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 11, June 1, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: June 1, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 12, June 15, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 12, June 15, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 13, July 1, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 13, July 1, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Electric logging,crane P0U,P-10-34, L 7916

Photograph of a Series "F" Log Stacker, called by Eric C. Orlemann "the most efficient log loading solution for the timber industry."
Date: July 12, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 14, July 15, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 14, July 15, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: July 15, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Log Stacker, P0U, P-10-34, L 8226

Photograph of a LeTourneau log stacker. The log stacker was introduced in 1955 (the date of this photograph) as its first diesel-electric drive Series "F" Log Stacker, Model C-4, according to Eric Orlemann. It had a rear-mounted engine and all electric wheel drive. This would serve as a basic pattern for all stackers to be built by the company into the 1980s.
Date: July 29, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 15, August 1, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 15, August 1, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: August 1, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Big Plow with Disc 6 foot J5G, Photo 36, L-8307,

Photograph of what was unofficially called The Big Plow with a 6-foot disc. The Series H (Model 6-16) was introduced in 1955, according to, Eric C. Orlemann's book on LeTourneau earthmoving equipment.
Date: August 15, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 16, August 15, 1955 (open access)

LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 9, Number 16, August 15, 1955

Semi-monthly newsletter LeTourneau Technical Institute of Texas containing religious articles, updates about news and events on campus, and other information of interest to students.
Date: August 15, 1955
Creator: LeTourneau Technical Institute
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Transporter, off-road tests, P0U,P-10-36, L 8360

Photograph of LeTourneau transporter being put through its off-road tests. Its six wide tires made it especially well-suited for very sandy environments, such as deserts.
Date: August 22, 1955
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History