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[Uros Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca, 2]

Description: Photograph of one of the Uros floating islands (Islas Flotantes de los Uros) on Lake Titicaca. The floating island and homes visible are made from the reed plant, totora. A small boat also made from the pant is docked on the edge of the island. The totora plant can be seen growing from the water around the island.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Uros Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca]

Description: Photograph of one of the Uros floating islands (Islas Flotantes de los Uros) on Lake Titicaca. The floating island and homes visible are made from the reed plant, totora. The totora plant can be seen growing from the water around the island.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Uros Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca, 4]

Description: Photograph of one of the Uros floating islands (Islas Flotantes de los Uros) on Lake Titicaca. The floating island and homes visible are made from the reed plant, totora. A small boat also made from the pant is docked on the edge of the island. Some villagers can be seen on the island.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Man and a House at Taquile Island]

Description: Photograph of a man standing in front of an adobe house at Taquile Island. The man is holding two Andean hats called a chullo and also wearing one on his head. Various items are resting on a ledge on the exterior wall of the house.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Jetty at Taquile Island]

Description: Photograph of a jetty at Taquile Island in Peru. A couple of boats as well as reed canoes are docked at the jetty. A number of individuals are standing on the jetty. Lake Titicaca can be seen in the background.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Villagers in Boats on Lake Titicaca]

Description: Photograph of villagers of the Uros floating islands (Islas Flotantes de los Uros) in boats on Lake Titicaca. The villagers are both paddling the boats made of the reed plant, totora. Mountains can be seen in the distance.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ruins at Taquile Island]

Description: Photograph of the ruins of a stone building on Taquile Island in Peru. The small stone building has a small rectangular entrance. Lake Titicaca can be seen in the distance.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hijacked]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story hijacked plane. About half of the passengers were allowed to leave when the plane landed in Lima, Peru for fuel stop to enroute to Havana. The armed hijacker had a pistol and a knife.
Date: 1973-07-04T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: OBIT]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a heart attack which claimed the life of retired united Methodist bishop W. Angie Smith of Dallas.
Date: March 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

L-15908 Tree Roller J5G, Photo 6 1-1-1959, archival

Description: Photograph of a L-15908 tree roller. It was a diesel-electric machine designed to quickly push down and crush trees. This model was used in Tournavista, Peru, a mission town founded by the LeTourneau Foundation, the charitable arm of the company.
Date: January 1, 1959
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

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

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

Tree Roller, Peru P0U,P-10-34, L 595

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified men standing in front of a LeTourneau tree roller in Tournavista, Peru. The R.G. LeTourneau Foundation built this 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: September 13, 1954
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library
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