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Map of the great North West showing Peoria, Illinois, the geographical centre.

Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major cities and towns, and major rivers through the midwestern states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and parts of Ohio, Tennessee, Kansas, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Scale not given.

Date: 1861

Creator: Wheaton, W. G.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, October 28, 1917]

Postcard from E. Lucas to Lucy Dodge, discussing the safety of a boxy Lucy sent her, her own illness, and the city of Boerne, Texas. The postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of a driveway along the side of a tall sloping hill and the surrounding area. Further down the winding dirt drive, there is a suspension bridge across the road. The environment has lots of scrub brush and small, bushy trees.

Date: October 28, 1917

Creator: Lucas, E.

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

Map of Peoria, Ill.

Map shows ward boundaries, street names, lot and house numbers, landowners, additions, subdivisions, railroads, steamboat landings and fairgrounds; structures and some businesses annotated in pencil. Includes note, street index, and key to named additions and subdivisions. Scale not given.

Date: [1880..1900]

Creator: Thurlow, E.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

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.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library

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 backgroun… more

Date: 1942/1946

Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc