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[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 21 - "Miss Dickey Meyer joins Lear Avia as press liaison," 1941 April 2]
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…

[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 27, Folder 23 - Captured Me109 radio equipment evaluation by WPL, 1941 July 24]
Items from Box 27, Folder 23 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, July 24, 1941. Contains a press release and eight captioned photographs related to William P. Lear's evaluation of German radio equipment taken from a captured Messerschmitt…

[William P. Lear and members of executive board]
Photograph of William P. Lear (at head of table) and members of the executive board at Lear Avia's Dayton Airport facility, Ohio, circa 1940. Other identified individuals are Rober L. Drake, Alice Miller, Arling "Arlie" Ryberg, and Waldorf Astoria…

[Production line at Lear Avia facility]
Photograph of the production line at the Lear Avia facility in Piqua, Ohio, circa 1943. Employees, predominantly women, work on device components at long work tables.Inscription on verso: "1943 -- Piqua. [illegible] Dept. View of production…

[Assembly line at Lear Avia facility]
Photograph of the assembly line at a Lear Avia facility, Vandalia, Ohio, circa 1940. Male and female employees work on device components at long work tables.Inscription: "Lear Avia Vandalia factory. 1940."Inscription on verso: "Assembly. Handwriting…

[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…

[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver]
Photograph of pilot Betsy Ross using a Learadio portable receiver in the cockpit of her Taylorcraft aircraft, August 20, 1940. An accompanying press release describes Ross's recent flight from Harrisburg Pennsylvania State Airport, noted as the first…

[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…

[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 18, Folder 2; Box 200, Folder 2 - "Radio direction finding system (Case 20-1)" -- patent application [RM files], 1940-1943]
Items from Box 18, Folder 2 and Box 200, Folder 2 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, circa 1940-1943. Contains documents and drawings related to the patent application of the radio direction finding system (Case 20-1). 24 total items.

[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 21, Folder 7; Box 207, Folder 2; Box 209, Folder 4 - "Leartron control system" [L-D-101], 1943 February - 1944 February]
Items from Box 21, Folder 7; Box 207, Folder 2; and Box 209, Folder 4 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 1943 to February 1944. Contains correspondence, diagrams, notes, photographs, and sketches related to the Leartron control…
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