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Tree Crusher,150 tons, P0U,P-10-34, V-1556

Photograph of the Series "G" Tree Crusher No. 5 model. According to Eric Orlemann, this unit had its two diesel-electric generator sets mounted side by side. The inscription on the side of the cab reads "LeTourneau Tree Crusher. Made by Mississippi Division of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc., Longview, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1956
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Log stacker tong on Series "F" Log Stacker (Model C-4)

Photograph of the tong on Series "F" Log Stacker (Model C-4) shown picking up a log. According to author Eric Orlemann, LeTourneau got into the log-stacking business after selling the original company to Westinghouse in 1953 and agreeing not to build earthmoving equipment for five years. It proved to be highly successful. The log stackers were used all over North America as well as overseas.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas 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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tree Roller 20 foot wide 150 Ton, J5G, Photo 1, L-3835

Photograph of a Series "G" Tree Crusher manufactured at the Vicksburg plan. Author Eric Orlemann said this model was 20 feet wide and weighed 150 tons.
Date: 1956
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
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.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tree crusher clearing land, Box 3, Museum,B17

Photograph of a three-wheeled G-40 tree crusher. According to author Eric Orlemann, the overall working weight was 84,000 pounds, or 42 tons. A total of 10 G-40 tree crushers were built.
Date: 1960
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Floods] (open access)

[News Script: Floods]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that there are vast areas of farm land under water in the southern part of Mississippi.
Date: February 2, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from American National Red Cross, December 14, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from American National Red Cross, December 14, 1953]

Letter from the American National Red Cross discussing donations to the Tornado Relief Fund for Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Date: December 14, 1953
Creator: American National Red Cross
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Milo P. Fox, September 11, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Milo P. Fox, September 11, 1944]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Colonel Milo P. Fox discussing Fox and his wife Aggie, and the potential of them visiting.
Date: September 11, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Floods] (open access)

[News Script: Floods]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a flood water rising in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Date: April 14, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Flood] (open access)

[News Script: Flood]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a flood in Eagle Lake, Mississippi.
Date: April 14, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Floods] (open access)

[News Script: Floods]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the flood damage from the Mississippi River and Missouri River.
Date: April 12, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather] (open access)

[News Script: Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Vicksburg, Mississippi residents using farm machines to contain the Mississippi River.
Date: April 11, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (8 min., 58 sec.); the exterior of the WFAA studio (11 min., 48 sec.); pianist Knocky Parker and guitarist Zeke Campbell playing together in 1954 (12 min, 07 sec.); a trip to the Port of Beaumont (12 min., 36 sec.); a stop in Lubbock for a parade and performance with Jack Perry at the ABC Rodeo (13 min., 40 sec); the LCD in Cedar Ridge recording studio (15 min., 48 sec.); the LCD and other performers filming a television show at Cross Road Store in May 1957 (16 min., 24 sec.); another performance at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock in May 1957 (17 min., 47 sec.); the LCD …
Date: 1952/1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 5 -Vacations] captions transcript

[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 5 -Vacations]

This home movie documents the Anderson family's travel and vacations in the Southwest region. The film begins with a trip to HemisFair' '68 and Sharon's birthday dinner. The film continues with the ruins of the Tassie Belle Blast Furnace in New Birmingham and the Mission San Francisco de los Tejas (7 min., 28 sec.) , an unidentified downtown area (11 min. 22 sec.), a Valentine's Day celebration (12 min., 14 sec.), a trip to Salado, Texas (13 min. 28 sec.) and The Alamo (17 min., 48 sec.), and concludes with a visit to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (19 min., 23 sec.).
Date: 1968/1970~
Creator: Anderson, James
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Unsolved mystery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Unsolved mystery]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: March 21, 1991, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forecasting Trafficability of Soils: Meteorological and Soil Data, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1948-1949 (open access)

Forecasting Trafficability of Soils: Meteorological and Soil Data, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1948-1949

From foreword: This report covers one phase of a comprehensive study to determine the relationship between the trafficability of soils and the mobility of military vehicles.
Date: October 1951
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forecasting Trafficability of Soils: Meteorological and Soil Data, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1949-1951 (open access)

Forecasting Trafficability of Soils: Meteorological and Soil Data, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1949-1951

Foreword: This report covers one part of a comprehensive study to determine the relationship between the trafficability of soils and the mobility of military vehicles.
Date: June 1952
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Forecasting Trafficability of Soils, Report Number 3, The Development of Methods for Predicting Soil Moisture Content: Volume 2, Prediction Sites at Vicksburg Mississippi (open access)

Forecasting Trafficability of Soils, Report Number 3, The Development of Methods for Predicting Soil Moisture Content: Volume 2, Prediction Sites at Vicksburg Mississippi

Preface: The study was initiated in early 1951 to develop methods of predicting the moisture content of several soils in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Date: October 1954
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - September 21, 1862] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - September 21, 1862]

Transcript of letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated September 21, 1962 and sent from Camp Randall near Monroe, Louisiana, in which he speaks of their third wedding anniversary the next day, and tells her of money that he has sent and will send to her.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 22, 1863] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 22, 1863]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 22, 1863 and sent from Camp Pemberton, in which he writes about recent fighting with the "Yankees" and their subsequent retreat, the future plans for his regiment, and his desire to return home.
Date: March 22, 1863
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - February 21, 1863] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - February 21, 1863]

Transcript of letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated February 21, 1863 and sent from Camp Pemberton, in which he writes about possible future developments in the war and financial matters..
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 1, 1863] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 1, 1863]

Transcript of letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 1, 1863 and sent from Camp Pemberton, in which he writes about the health of himself and his troops, and instructs her to send him some clothes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - September 13, 1862] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - September 13, 1862]

Transcript of letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated September 13, 1962 and sent from Camp Voight near Shreveport, in which he writes about the camp and his health, as well as how much he misses her and where she should send her letters.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History