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[Employee working in stock room at Lear Avia facility]
Photograph of an employee working in the stock room at a Lear Avia facility, Ohio, circa 1940s.Typed caption on verso: "Stock room. Dayton Plant."Inscription on verso: "Stock room."

[Employees working in blue-print and mimeograph department at Lear Avia facility]
Photograph of two female employees working in the blue-print and mimeograph department at a Lear Avia facility, Ohio, circa 1940s.Typed caption on verso: "Blue print and mimeograph department at Dayton Plant."Inscription on verso: "Instruction book,…

[Employees working in drafting and engineering room at Lear Avia facility]
Photograph of employees working in the drafting and engineering room at a Lear Avia facility, Ohio, circa 1940s.Typed caption on verso: "Drafting and engineering room at Dayton Plant."Inscription on verso: "Drafting and engineering."

[Employees working in mechanical department at Lear Avia facility]
Photograph of employees working in the mechanical department at a Lear Avia facility, Ohio, circa 1940s. Inscription: "Over."Typed caption on verso: "Assembly line at Dayton Plant."Inscription on verso: "Mechanical Dept. Not completed when this…

[Employees working in machine shop at Lear Avia facility]
Photograph of employees working in the machine shop at a Lear Avia facility, Ohio, circa 1940s. Typed caption on verso: "Machine shop at Dayton Plant." Inscription on verso: "Mechanical Dept."

[Douglas DC-3 instrument panel with Learadio ADF 8]
Photograph of a Douglas DC-3 instrument panel with a Learadio ADF 8 automatic direction finder, circa 1940s. The direction finder and two gauges are circled and numbered. Inscription on verso: "Copy of instrument panel (Chicago and [illegible]…

[Aircraft instrument panel equipped with Lear, Incorporated VHF receiver and orienter]
Photograph of an aircraft instrument panel equipped with a Lear, Incorporated VHF receiver and orienter, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Lear Avionics installation late 30's - early 40's."Stamped on verso: "Please return to: Lear Archive, [address…

[William P. Lear and other Lear Avia salesmen at Dayton Airport]
Photograph of William P. Lear (far left) and three other Lear Avia salesmen at Dayton Airport, Ohio, circa 1941. Four aircraft are visible behind the men, including a Monocoupe aircraft (tail number NC11760) and two unidentified Learadio…

[Employees working in Lear Avia office]
Photograph of employees working in a Lear Avia office, Vandalia, Ohio, circa 1941.Inscription: "Vandalia office. 1941."Inscription on verso: "General office -- Boyles at my desk just for the effect. A.M."

[Sydney Nesbitt presenting Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson]
Photograph of Sydney Nesbitt (left) presenting a Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson, winner of the Alcazar Trophy Race, Miami, Florida, January 1941. An unidentified U.S. Marine Corps serviceman stands in the…
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