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Bracket constructed out of black metal into a square shape. A silver cylindrical gear encased in black metal has been drilled into the front of the base. There are two plaques adhered to the interior of the object with information about its…

Automatic Direct Finder constructed out of gray and silver metal. The object is a rectangular form with two main components screwed together. The top portion has vents on each of the four sides and the bottom portion has circle cutouts on two of the…

Amplifier in a black metal rectangular case. The components of the machinery are exposed and are connected by wires and screws. The front of the object has a Lear, Inc. logo in blue, red, and silver and a manufacturer label with the following…

Gyroscope constructed out of black metal and steel. The main circular form is secured to a rectangular base. There are multiple assembly and handling instructions stenciled in white paint throughout the surface. There are also four cream color…

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…

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."

Photograph of an aircraft instrument panel equipped with a Learadio device, circa 1941.Inscription: "1941. [Amphibian?] with first dry-cell operated trans-rec[cut off]. [illegible] watt. Range 300 miles."

Items from Box 1, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January 5, 1941. Contains one typed letter to William P. Lear, President, Lear Developments, from Lieut. Gen. V. Cherep-Spiridovich, Proctor, Aeronautical Research Council.…

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…

Items from Box 27, Folder 14 and Box 200, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 6, 1941. Contains a press release, photographs, and a poster related to Lear Avia's "Complete Learadio Workshop on Wheels." Five total items.