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NOW, Plant Dedication Issue, September 1936
Special issue of a weekly newsletter for employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. documenting the dedication of a new plant addition in Peoria, Illinois.
Date:
September 2, 1936
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
NOW, Special Edition, August-September 1936
Special issue of a weekly newsletter for employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. announcing events related to the plant addition dedication in Peoria, Illinois, including a feature presentation by radio evangelist Dr. R. R. Brown.
Date:
August 1936
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
NOW, Steel House Edition, January 1937
Special edition of a weekly newsletter for employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. containing information about ...
Date:
January 1937
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Early tournapull Box 3, Museum,B
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.
Date:
Date unknown. Likely in the 1940s.
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An R. G. LeTourneau, Inc. employee demonstrates the Tournatow by driving up sidewalk steps J5G
Photograph of an employee of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc., at the controls of the Tournatow, the first vehicle to feature electric-traction motors mounted in the wheel assemblies themselves. The four-wheel-drive and -steer tractor is being demonstrated at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on 1950-11-17.
Date:
November 17, 1950
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
R. G. LeTourneau demonstrating the Tournatow to Carl Estes
Photograph of R.G. LeTourneau demonstrating the Tournatow to Longview (Texas) newspaper publisher Carl Estes. It was the first vehicle to feature electric-traction motors mounted in the wheel assemblies themselves. The four-wheel-drive and -steer tractor was being demonstrated at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, on 1950-11-17.
Date:
Unknown.
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model D Tournapull with Model Q Carryall
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.
Date:
1942/1946
Creator:
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History