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[Footage from American Airlines flights to California and St. Louis (Missouri), circa 1939]
Film footage taken during two American Airlines flights, one to California and one between Tulsa (Oklahoma) and St. Louis (Missouri), circa 1939. Most of the footage is of the California trip and includes multiple aerial shots taken from an unidentified airliner, as well as on-the-ground travel footage taken in Phoenix (Arizona) and Los Angeles (California). Flight attendant Catherine Wingfield…
[William P. Lear and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace in cockpit of Beech 18 aircraft]
Photograph of William P. Lear (left) and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace (right) in the cockpit of the Lovelace Foundation's Beech 18 aircraft, Los Angeles Airport, California, April 1960. The caption notes that the aircraft is outfitted with Lear equipment.Typed caption on verso: "Lear and Dr. Lovelace in the new Lovelace Foundation twin Beechcraft, completely equipped with Lear L-5/LIFE system and…
[William P. Lear and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace in cockpit of Beech 18 aircraft]
Photograph of William P. Lear (left) and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace (right) in the cockpit of the Lovelace Foundation's Beech 18 aircraft, Los Angeles Airport, California, April 1960. The caption notes that the aircraft is outfitted with Lear equipment. Typed caption on verso: "Lear and Dr. Lovelace in the new Lovelace Foundation twin Beechcraft, completely equipped with Lear L-5/LIFE system…
[Bill Barry, William P. Lear, A. Scott Crossfield, and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace]
Photograph of (from left to right) Bill Barry, William P. Lear, A. Scott Crossfield, and Dr. William Randolph Lovelace looking at a drawing of an aircraft, Los Angeles Airport, California, April 1960. An unidentified man is standing partly behind Lovelace.Typed Caption on verso: "Bill Lear showing plans for his new twin jet to Bill Barry (left), Scott Crossfield and Dr. Lovelace (right). L.A.…
Tusk/Presented to Moya Lear, Los Angeles Museum Alliance
Tusk with brass plate affixed to it and presented to Mrs. William P. Lear [Moya O. Lear] by the Los Angeles County Museum Alliance, undated.
Plaque/UCLA Graduate School of Business Administration, Award to William P. Lear
Plaque given to William P. Lear by the UCLA Graduate School of Business Administration, 1966. Includes engraved brass plate mounted within a velvet-lined shadowbox frame with plastic cover and metal hardware on verso. Engraved on front: "Executive Program Association / UCLA Graduate School of Business Administration / Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution to Executive Management Life / 1966 /…
Trophy/ARCS Foundation Inc. to William Lear, 1970
Trophy given to William P. Lear by ARCS Foundation, Inc., December 13, 1970. The crystal trophy features a blue circle that reads "ARCS FOUNDATION, INC." on the front with an etching of Rodin's "The Thinker" on verso. It stands on an engraved metal base. Engraved text: "William P. Lear / For his outstanding innovations and aviation achievements / From ARCS Los Angeles Chapter / 12-13-70."
Plaque/Society of Aerospace Material and Process Engineers, William Lear, 1969
Appreciation plaque given to William P. Lear by the Society of Aerospace Material and Process Engineers, April 30, 1969. Text: "Whereas / William Powell Lear, Sr. / Has performed an outstanding service as / Banquet Speaker / In the / Society of Aerospace Material and Process Engineers / An organization dedicated to fostering advances in material and process technology as a means of enhancing…
The Steam Automobile [speech by William P. Lear]
Speech given by William P. Lear to the Los Angeles Chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 17, 1969. 19 typed pages.
Plaque/Society for Advancement of Material Process Engineering, Moya Lear, 1987
Appreciation plaque given to Moya Olsen Lear by the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, November 19, 1987. Printed on front: "Whereas / Moya Olsen Lear / Has performed an outstanding service as / Guest Speaker / For the / Los Angeles Chapter / Society for the Advancement of Material & Process Engineering / An organization dedicated to fostering advances in material…