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Photograph of William P. Lear with a Monocoupe Model 110 aircraft (tail number NC533W), circa 1930s. Inscription on verso: "Photo 3 / Page 2 / 100% crop to layout."

Article written by William P. Lear about aircraft radio specifications for pursuit airplanes, circa late 1930s. 10 pages.

Photograph of William P. Lear in the cockpit of a Learadio Waco E Airistocrat aircraft, circa 1930s-1940s.

Photograph of William P. Lear (right) and Clarence Clabaugh (left) with a Monocoupe Model 110 aircraft, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1931. Typed caption on verso: "With Bill Lear in this 1931 picture taken in Chicago is Clarence Clabaugh, one of his…

Photograph of a Motorola car radio designed by William P. Lear, circa 1931-1939.Inscription on verso: "Car radio."Inscription on duplicate photo: "1st car radio. This radio was built and designed by Bill Lear."

Photograph of William P. Lear holding the Lear Radio-Aire, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1932. Inscription: "The first Radio Aire / Bill / 1932."Inscription on verso: "Bill Lear + his first airplane radio, the Lear Radio-Aire. Chicago, 1932. Photo…

Photograph of William P. Lear with his Waco UIC aircraft, circa 1933. Inscription on verso: "1935 / WPL entering 1933 Continental Powered Waco preparatory to NY Los Angeles trip when Model L DF was shown to whole USA and many CAA stations for the…

Photograph of William P. Lear with his Stinson SR Reliant aircraft at Roosevelt Field, Mineola, New York, August 1933. Typed caption on verso: "Bill Lear seizes the opportunity to pose with his newly acquired 'Executive Model Stinson Relient [sic]'.…

Photograph of William P. Lear with the first Lear-o-Scope, circa 1935.Inscription: "1935. WPL with 1st Lear-o-scope."

Photograph of William P. Lear with a Lear-o-Scope and loop antenna, New York City, New York, circa 1935. Inscription on verso: "Bill Lear and his first direction finder, the Lear-o-Scope. NCY. 1935. Courtesy Lear Archives."Typed caption on verso: "Q.…