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Newspaper clipping, "Ace reveals Axis photos of New York," from the Washington Times-Herald, circa 1939-1940s. Reports on Harold E. Hartney's assertion that Germany and Italy possess aerial photographs of New York.
Photographic postcard of Howard Hughes, his flight crew and associates, and his Lockheed Model 14-N2 Super Electra aircraft (tail number NX 18973) at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, circa July 1938. The postcard caption identifies the men (Edwin Lund, Grover Whalen, H. P. Connor, R. Stoddart, and Thomas L. Thurlow) and describes Hughes's around-the-world trip.
Typed caption: "Edwin Lund, flight…
Lithographic poster for the 1939 New York World's Fair, circa 1939. Features the Trylon and Perisphere, as well as buildings, aircraft, a train, and a ship. Designed by artist Joseph Binder, produced by the Grinnell Litho. Company.
Text: "New York World's Fair. The World of Tomorrow. 1939."
Photograph of people working in the Lear Developments workshop, New York City, New York, circa 1933-1938. Electronic components, device casings, and a loop antenna are visible on the workbenches.Inscription on verso: "The Lear (1) Engineering Dept, (2) Lear Laboratory, (3) Complete stock of test apparatus and inventory, (4) 1/2 floor #4 125 W 17th St NYC. (Associated with Fred M. Link 1933-1938.)"
Photograph of people working in the Lear Developments workshop, New York City, New York, circa 1933-1938. Machine tools and device casings are visible on the workbenches.
Photograph of two men using machine tools in the Lear Developments workshop, New York City, New York, circa 1933-1938.
Photograph of William P. Lear with his Stinson SR Reliant aircraft at Roosevelt Field, Mineola, New York, August 1933. Typed caption on verso: "Bill Lear seizes the opportunity to pose with his newly acquired 'Executive Model Stinson Relient [sic]'. Roosevelt Field, Mineola, NY / August 1933."
Photograph of a crowd with Elinor Smith's Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, March 27, 1931. The verso caption notes that the photo was taken after the aircraft was damaged during Smith's attempt at the women's altitude record.Typed caption on verso: "Bellanca monoplane after being cracked up by Miss Elinor Smith, while attempting to break womens altitude…
Photograph of people looking at a crashed aircraft, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, October 26, 1930. The verso caption notes that Major Phillip Watson and Julius Nester were killed in the crash.Typed caption on verso: "Crash of Swallow plane near Mitchel Field, L. I., N. Y. Sunday, Oct. 26, 1930. Killing Major Phillip Watson, Air Corps Reserve, and Julius Nester, a student. Photographed by…
Photograph of William P. Lear and Amelia Earhart, Roosevelt Field, New York, circa 1935.Inscription on verso: "(1935) / 2 yrs. before she crashed in the Pacific /Taken at Roosevelt Field, N.Y / Amelia Earhart and Lear / (She died July 2, 1937)."Typed caption on verso: "In 1935, Bill Lear extolls the merits of his new aircraft radio transmitter to Amelia Earhart."