Commemorative button with pin back, 1972. It features a black-and-white photographic image of William P. Lear kneeling next to the front end of a white car, likely a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, with Nevada license plate, "VAPOR."
Maroon leatherette case with gray metal across top. Along top are three frequency ranges, "Marine," "Broadcast" and "Range" with selecting dials. At top are also 2 plugs and a switch for "Phones," "Receiving," "Direction Finding" and "Ant." Also has…
Radio receiver constructed out of a reddish brown leatherette case with stitched leather handle at top. Black metal face at top, covered with clear plastic. Three frequency ranges, green, red, green. 3 brown bakelite dials and 3 plugs. Dataplate at…
Portable radio has mahogany wood case with olive green metal along top. Has face and dials along top. Frequency range has broadcast band, marine band and beacon. Tuning area has broken plastic cover. Top has two knobs and two selectors. Two plugs and…
Items from Box 41, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January 1940 - March 1944. Contains various diagrams of devices invented by William P. Lear. Also included is a piece of wire enclosed in a Lear, Incorporated envelope labeled…
Thin green wire coiled around a brown metal circular tube. A paper note is included with object that states, "Small highly efficiently radio coil developed by William P. Lear. These coils were far smaller than contemporary coils, and were used in the…
Learadio in rectangular brown wood case. Display at top with frequency range 55 - 160 in red, yellow and green, with "Learadio." 3 white plastic knobs at bottom. At center is a mesh golden brown fabric-covered speaker.
Servo Module A-5 automatic pilot equipment made out of solid black metal. There are components screwed into the main body, each circular in form. "M-1" is painted in white on the side of the object. There are two metal plates screwed into the object…
United States Army Air Forces patch for the 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment, circa 1943-1945. The patch features Fifinella, mascot of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs).