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[Employees working in Autopilot Laboratory] (Item)
[Employees working in Autopilot Laboratory]
Photograph of employees working in the Autopilot Laboratory at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1950s-1960s.Typed caption on verso: "Autopilot Laboratory. Lear, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Page 1."
[Employee using microscope] (Item)
[Employee using microscope]
Photograph of an employee using a microscope at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption: "Microscopic investigation of metal. Lear, Inc. Grand Rapids, Mich. Page 5."
[Employees working in Electronic Laboratory] (Item)
[Employees working in Electronic Laboratory]
Photograph of employees working in the Electronic Laboratory at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption: "Electronic Laboratory. Lear, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Page 6."
[William P. Lear addressing attendees of Lear Autopilot Service School] (Item)
[William P. Lear addressing attendees of Lear Autopilot Service School]
Photograph of William P. Lear (pointing to schematic drawing) addressing attendees of the Lear Autopilot Service School, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1951. The caption gives details about the school and Lear's presentation.Typed caption on verso: "7993-F. Lear Autopilot Service School has record attendance. September, 1951. The first section of the Lear L-2 Autopilot service and installation…
[Employees working in sales, purchasing, and administrative offices] (Item)
[Employees working in sales, purchasing, and administrative offices]
Photograph of employees working in the sales, purchasing, and administrative offices at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s. The caption notes that a Lear wire recorder is on a cart behind the first desk on the left.Typed caption: "Sales, Purchasing and Administrative Offices. Lear, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Page 44."Inscription: "Note: Lear wire recorder on…
[Employees of Special Design Group working at desks and drafting tables] (Item)
[Employees of Special Design Group working at desks and drafting tables]
Photograph of employees of the Special Design Group working at desks and drafting tables in a Lear, Incorporated hangar, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption on verso: "At Lear Hangar: Special Design Group. Lear, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Page 12."
[William P. Lear giving speech during grand opening of Lear, Incorporated facility] (Item)
[William P. Lear giving speech during grand opening of Lear, Incorporated facility]
Photograph of William P. Lear (at podium) giving a speech during the grand opening of a Lear, Incorporated facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s.Inscription on verso: "Grand opening new Grand Rapids Plant."Stamped on verso: "Universal Studio, [address and telephone number in Grand Rapids, Michigan]."
[Men working with lathes] (Item)
[Men working with lathes]
Photographic slide of men working with lathes in a metal shop at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1954. A small chalkboard in the scene reads: "Lathes / Metal shop."Inscription on slide: "Lear. Grand Rapids. 9-54."
[William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in cockpit of SAAC-23 mock-up] (Item)
[William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in cockpit of SAAC-23 mock-up]
Photograph of William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in the cockpit of a SAAC-23 mockup, circa 1961.Stamped on verso: "Grosskople."
[Man working on nose section of SAAC-23 mock-up] (Item)
[Man working on nose section of SAAC-23 mock-up]
Photograph of a man working on the nose section of a SAAC-23 mockup, circa 1961.Stamped on verso: "Rohcopie / Hans Entzeroth Fotograf / Zurich Bederstrasse 119."