Photograph of William P. Lear holding the Lear Radio-Aire, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1932. Inscription: "The first Radio Aire / Bill / 1932."Inscription on verso: "Bill Lear + his first airplane radio, the Lear Radio-Aire. Chicago, 1932. Photo…
Photographic portrait of William P. Lear in his U.S. Navy uniform, Naval Station Great Lakes, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1920. Inscription on verso: "William Powell Lear -- Great Lakes Naval Base -- Chicago, Ill. 1920 / Personal album."
Photograph of William P. Lear with his Monocoupe 110 aircraft, Curtiss-Reynolds Field, Illinois, circa 1930-1931.Inscription on verso: "Taken by [illegible] in 1931. WPL / 31-1. Lear Avia Archive."Typed caption on duplicate photo: "Bill Lear pictured…
Composite photograph of six images showcasing classes at the Air Corps Technical School's Department of Photography at Chanute Field, Illinois, circa 1936. The classes featured are Optics, Chemistry, Ground Photography, Printing, Copying, and Camera…
Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Betty Riley Stockard and interviewer Dan Hagedorn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, March 19, 2014.
Stereograph, "Building Barbed Wire Entanglements, Training Camp, Fort Sheridan, Ill.," Set Number 25, Image Number 18360, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of soldiers laying heavy barbed wire entanglements in a wooded area, with more…
Promotional film for the Siegler Corporation, produced McNamara Productions, circa 1960s. The footage presents an overview of the company and its work in the aerospace and electronics fields. The first segment introduces Siegler's ten divisions (the…
Loose scrapbook page containing a photograph of the barracks at Belleville Aviation Field (now Scott Air Force Base), Illinois, circa 1917-1918.Inscription: "Interior of barracks at Belleville."
Born-digital video recording of an oral history with James "Jim" Marich and interviewer Steve Ellis, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, July 18, 2017.
Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Joseph Kimm and interviewer Dan Hagedorn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, May 31, 2013.