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Photograph of people looking at a crashed aircraft, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, October 26, 1930. The verso caption notes that Major Phillip Watson and Julius Nester were killed in the crash.Typed caption on verso: "Crash of Swallow plane…

Photograph of a wrecked Hughes XF-11/XR-11 aircraft (tail number 470155) following its crash into a house, Beverly Hills, California, 1946.

Photograph of people looking at a crashed Douglas O-38 aircraft (serial number 31-372), April 3, 1932. The emblem of the California National Guard is painted on the fuselage.Caption: "(G1-107G-115) (4-3-32)."

Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1921. The text "Emrick and Buton" is painted on the fuselage.Inscription on verso: "Tiffin O. 1921 / Jenny after crash."

Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1921. The text on the fuselage reads "Emrick and [obscured]."Inscription on verso: "Tiffin O. 1921 / Jenny after crash."

Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1923. Inscription on verso: "Heitz's Jenny after crash -- 1923."

Photograph of a damaged Curtiss Fledgling aircraft, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1930. The verso inscription notes that the aircraft had a "bad landing." Inscription on verso: "Fledgling after bad landing by [illegible] -- Cleveland / 1930."

Photograph of a crowd gathered around a wrecked de Havilland H.4 aircraft, Blue Ash Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1922. Inscription on verso: "Cincinnati O. -- 1922 / Army DH after crash at Blue Ash Field."

Photograph of a damaged Standard J-1 aircraft, Blue Ash Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1922.Inscription on verso: "Cincinnati, O. 1922 / Blue Ash Field / Kettering's Standard after crash."

Audio recording of William P. Lear dictating letters and scenes of the Lear family at leisure, circa 1950s-1960. Typed label on reel: "WPL. May 19? 1960."