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[Woman using microscope and deburring tool]
Photographic slide of a woman using a microscope and deburring tool at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1954. A small chalkboard in the scene reads: "Microscopic de-burring."Inscription on slide: "Lear. Grand Rapids.…

[Woman holding small chalkboard outside Lear, Incorporated facility]
Photographic slide of a woman holding a small chalkboard outside a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1954. The chalkboard reads: "Grand Rapids facilities occupy over 300,000 sq. ft."Inscription on slide: "Lear. Grand…

[Woman holding autopilot wiring harness]
Photographic slide of a woman holding an autopilot wiring harness at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1954. A small chalkboard in the scene reads: "Wiring harness for autopilots."Inscription on slide: "Lear. Grand…

[William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and Lear, Incorporated Board of Directors]
Photographic group portrait of William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and members of the Lear, Incorporated Board of Directors, Geneva, Switzerland, circa 1956-1959.Inscription on verso: "Geneva Bd. of Directors / Lear Inc. / 1950's."

[William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and Lear, Incorporated Board of Directors]
Photograph of William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and members of the Lear, Incorporated Board of Directors, Geneva, Switzerland, circa 1956-1959.Inscription on verso: "Bd. Of Directors of Lear Inc. Switzerland."

[William P. Lear, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, and others at airport]
Photograph of William P. Lear (right), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran (left of Lear), and others at an airport, circa 1955. A Learstar aircraft (partial tail number N16L[?]) is visible in the background. Inscription on verso: "Shah of Iran."

[William P. Lear, Michael I of Romania, and others looking at sheet of paper]
Photograph of William P. Lear (right), Michael I of Romania (second from right), and two unidentified men looking at a sheet of paper, likely a technical drawing, circa 1950s. An unidentified Lear, Incorporated aircraft is in the background.

[William P. Lear, Eartha Kitt, and unidentified man with Beech 18 aircraft]
Photograph of (right to left) William P. Lear, Eartha Kitt, and an unidentified man with a Lear, Incorporated company Beech 18 aircraft, circa 1940s-1960s. Inscription on verso: "Eartha Kitt, WPL." Stamped on verso: "Actualités Éclair Continental,…

[William P. Lear, Colonel Fred Easley Jr., and Wright Vermilya with a Lockheed aircraft]
Photograph of (from left to right) William P. Lear, Colonel Fred Easley Jr., and Wright Vermilya with a Lockheed aircraft, Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption on verso: "William P. Lear, Chairman of the Board and Director of Research…

[William P. Lear with SAAC-23 mock-up]
Photograph of William P. Lear with a SAAC-23 mockup, circa 1961.
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