Items from Box 96, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1968-1973. Contains assorted notes, correspondence, sketches, and drafts related to the Lear Motors Corporation steam turbine system. 22 total items.
Items from Oversize Folder 37 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1970s-1980s. Contains four art pieces of the Lear Fan aircraft: a pencil illustration by artist George Dooley, a watercolor painting by artist Gary D. Byington, and two…
Photograph of a battlefield with added cartoon drawings, titled "Hot Time In No Man's Land, Real War Photo (Slightly Retouched)," circa 1918. The drawings include an American plane chasing a German plane, falling bombs, explosions throwing soldiers…
Drawing of an aircraft shooting a bomb at a crowd gathered on the deck of a ship, circa 1944-1945. Text: "If they don't have to be on Fly 2 keep the hell off! / They never believe it possible until it happens."Inscription on verso: "By an illustrator…
Photograph of a drawing entitled "Leaving France: 2nd A.I.C. [Second Aviation Instruction Center] Returning Home (Apres la Guerre)," circa 1918-1919. The drawing depicts soldiers departing on an airship that bears the banner "24 hrs. France to New…
Original drawing of a U.S. Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft firing its guns, 1940s.
Text: "Lightning strikes the Axis. The Army Air Forces salute your 3-to-1 victories."
Drawing (photographic reproduction) of the photography lab on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Various humorous activities are taking place.Text: "The Photographic Laboratory / U.S.S. Essex / 'A cross section of the busiest lil' ole lab in the…
Drawing of two servicemen pushing an aircraft while others slack off, circa 1944-1945. Text: "Where have you seen this before?"Inscription on verso: "Osborn."