Items from Box 27, Folder 21 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, April 2, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to the hiring of Dickey Meyer as a press liaison. The photograph depicts Meyer in a flight…
Items from Box 27, Folder 16 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 24, 1941. Contains a Lear Avia Corporation press release and photograph related to a British American Ambulance Corps (BAAC) flying tour, carried out by pilot Miriam…
Photograph of three men and a woman in flight gear (possibly Florence Seidell) at a table, circa 1910s-1920s.
Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.
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…
Photograph of Ruth Wightman (left) with another woman and a dog, circa 1900s-1910s. Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.
Photograph of Ruth Wightman at the controls of an unidentified seaplane, May 1913.Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.
Photograph of Peggy Emrick with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1931.Inscription on verso: "Ran across these / Couldn't remember if you had any to remember the hop from K. C. to Cleveland / Sept 1931. Never will I forget it."
Photograph of pilots Lawrence Brown (left) and Ruth Wightman (right) with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A clipping about Brown and Wingman is glued to the image.Clipping text: "Lawrence Brown, of Venice, [crossed out: 'Illinois']…