Items from Box 165, Folder 15 and Box 203, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, May 29, 1970. Contains a program and handwritten speech related to an honorary doctorate presented by the Art Center College of Design to William P.…
Photograph of (from left to right) William P. Lear, Cole Morrow, and Fred Lee with a Learstar aircraft, November 1954. Typed caption on verso: "Fred Lee (r.) Civil Aeronautics Administrator, congratulates William P. Lear, Board Chairman of Lear, Inc.…
Photograph of Moya O. Lear and William P. Lear standing in front of William's childhood home, Hannibal, Missouri, May 29, 1957. The verso inscription notes that this photo was taken to commemorate Native Son Day.
Inscription on verso: "Native Son Day…
Photograph of (from left to right) Moya O. Lear, William P. Lear, and Judge Branham Rendlen during a Native Son award presentation at the Mark Twain Hotel, Hannibal, Missouri, May 29, 1957.Inscription on verso: "Native Son Day - May 29, 1957 /…
Photograph of General Martial Valin (left) and Julien Tardieu (right) presenting William P. Lear with the Great Silver Medal of Paris, Paris, France, October 1960. A typed press release is attached to the verso.
Photographic slide of William P. Lear with a Lear Learstar aircraft, Tucson, Arizona, January 1950. Inscription on slide: "Wm. P. Lear / Tucson, Ariz / Jan 1950."
Photographic portrait of William P. Lear, circa 1910. Inscription on verso: "William Powell Lear as a boy around 1910 / Personal album."Stamped on verso: "Lear Avia Archive / [address in Reno, Nevada]."
Photographic portrait of William P. Lear in his U.S. Navy uniform, Naval Station Great Lakes, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1920. Inscription on verso: "William Powell Lear -- Great Lakes Naval Base -- Chicago, Ill. 1920 / Personal album."
Photograph of William P. Lear with a Monocoupe Model 110 aircraft (tail number NC533W), circa 1930s. Inscription on verso: "Photo 3 / Page 2 / 100% crop to layout."