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The Robert G. Letourneau ship, stranded in Tournavista, Peru, P0U,P-10-34, L 5131

Photograph of the Robert G. LeTourneau ship, stuck in mud in the Amazon River, 1954-06-13. The R.G. LeTourneau Foundation built a city on the headwaters of the Amazon River by clearing 990,000 acres it had been granted by the Peruvian government in exchange for building 31 miles of road through the Amazon rainforest.

Date: June 13, 1954

Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Tournapull Early Version

Photograph of en early vision of the Tournapull being pulled by a Caterpillar tractor. This is likely a promotional photo, with the Tournapull hand-tinted yellow. The image was scanned backwards, judging from the reverse lettering at bottom right.

Date: Unknown, likely 1930s-40s

Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Carryall Model Q, Model D Tournapull

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 backgroun… more

Date: unknown

Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Model-D Tournapull & Carryall Model Q

Date: Date unknown

Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

[Bush Family Home]

Photograph of the Bush family home in Midland, purchased by the family of George H. W. Bush and occupied by them until 1955. The one story house has wooden clapboard with one brick chimney and a garage on the right. The building and surrounding grass appears to be covered in snow.

Date: unknown

Location: 31.998535 -102.091358

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Home in South Midland]

Photograph of homes on the southern side of Midland in 1892. The home at right, one-story and gable-roofed with a windmill, sits on the corner of Kentucky Avenue and Baird Street, and was the early home of J. H. Mims. The house at left, mostly identical to Mims', was the early home of Fred Cowden. Bare grassland surrounds the homes.

Date: 1892

Location: 31.994398 -102.073058

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Henry Halff's Residence in Midland]

Photograph of Henry Halff's residence in Midland, Texas, a two-story Victorian-style home with a raised porch accessible by stairs along the side and front of the house, a deck hanging above the porch, embellished decorations along the end of the gable roofs, two chimneys, and several plants, trees, and shurbs around the property. A man stands in the bottom left corner, unidentified, and another house is visible behind a large oak tree in the background.

Date: 190X

Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Bat Cat and Skeleton, 2011]

Photograph of a calico cat lying down in front of a plastic cat skeleton. The skeleton stands on a wooden plank positioned on a studio backdrop. [2011, Dallas, TX]

Date: 2011

Creator: Doherty, Richard, 1951-