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[Employees working in Gyroscope and Gyroscopic Instrument Laboratory]
Photograph of employees working in the Gyroscope and Gyroscopic Instrument Laboratory at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption on verso: "Gyroscope and Gyroscopic Instrument Laboratory. Lear, Inc.,…

[Employees working in sales, purchasing, and administrative offices]
Photograph of employees working in the sales, purchasing, and administrative offices at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s. The caption notes that a Lear wire recorder is on a cart behind the first desk on the…

[Engineering consoles in LearCal Engineering Lab]
Photograph of engineering consoles in the LearCal Engineering Lab, Santa Monica, California, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption on verso: "Engineering consoles / Learcal Engineering Lab / Lear, Incorporated / Santa Monica, California."Stamped on verso:…

[James V. Piersol, William P. Lear, and Jorge Lopez with Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A Paris aircraft]
Photograph of (from left to right) James V. Piersol, William P. Lear, and Jorge Lopez looking at Lear instruments installed in a Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A Paris aircraft, circa 1950s-1960s. The caption notes that the aircraft is owned by the Timken…

[Lear 3-axis servo unit]
Photograph of a Lear 3-axis servo unit, circa 1940s-1950s. Typed caption: "One of the first 3-axis servo units."

[Lear C-2A autopilot]
Photograph of a Lear C-2A autopilot, circa 1940s-1950s. Typed caption: "The C-2A - greatly improved original autopilot."

[Lear, Incorporated Board of Directors disembarking from aircraft]
Photograph of members of the Lear, Incorporated Board of Directors disembarking from an unidentified aircraft, Geneva, Switzerland, circa 1956-1959. Inscription on verso: "Directors of Lear Inc. arriving in Switzerland."

[Lear, Incorporated Board of Directors with TWA aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of members of the Lear, Incorporated Board of Directors with a TWA aircraft, Geneva, Switzerland, circa 1956-1959. Inscription on verso: "Lear Inc. Board / Ed K. / [illegible], Golde, Phil G., I don't know, [illegible]."

[Lear, Incorporated company hangar]
Photograph of a Lear, Incorporated company hangar, Santa Monica, California, circa 1960s-1980s. An unidentified aircraft is parked on the right and a fuselage is partially visible inside the hangar. Inscription on verso: "Santa Monica." Stamped on…

[Lear, Incorporated company Lockheed Lodestar]
Photograph of a Lear, Incorporated company Lockheed Lodestar, circa 1948. The caption notes that this aircraft was later converted to the prototype Learstar. Inscription on verso: "First Lockheed Lodestar owned by WLP -- in 1948 -- later converted to…
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