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Photograph of a Learadio Beech 17R Staggerwing aircraft, circa 1930s-1940s.Stamped on verso: "Please credit Hans Groenhoff, [crossed out telephone number and address in New York City, New York]."Note attached to verso: "[letterhead: Norman Warren] /…

Photograph of a Learadio Beech 17R Staggerwing aircraft, circa 1930s-1940s.Stamped on verso: "Please credit Hans Groenhoff, [crossed out telephone number and address in New York City, New York]."

Panoramic photographic portrait of Lear Avia staff and their families at the Grand Rapids Branch Picnic, Johnson Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 28, 1943.Caption: "1st Annual Lear-Avia INC. Grand Rapids Branch Picnic / Johnson Park / Aug. 28,…

Photograph album containing photographs of Lear Avia staff, equipment, facilities, circa 1940-1943. Images depict employees at work in various settings at the company's Piqua (Ohio) and New York branches, such as a research laboratory, assembly and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Photograph of a swept antenna on the underside of a Fairchild 24 aircraft, circa 1939. A person, mostly out of frame, points to the antenna from the image's left side.Inscription: "First swept antenna on Fairchild 24. 1939."

Photograph of a Piper J-4A Cub Coupe aircraft equipped with a Lear Avia loop antenna, circa 1940.Inscription: "Lear Avia manual loop. 1940."