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[Sydney Nesbitt presenting Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson] (Item)

Photograph of Sydney Nesbitt (left) presenting a Learadio Model APR-A portable receiver to Katherine Rawls Thompson, winner of the Alcazar Trophy Race, Miami, Florida, January 1941. An unidentified U.S. Marine Corps serviceman stands in the background. The accompanying Lear Avia press release describes the event. Thompson's first name is misspelled as "Catherine" in the press release.

[Betsy Ross using Learadio portable receiver] (Item)

Photograph of pilot Betsy Ross using a Learadio portable receiver in the cockpit of her Taylorcraft aircraft, August 20, 1940. An accompanying press release describes Ross's recent flight from Harrisburg Pennsylvania State Airport, noted as the first light plane altitude flight ever recognized by the National Aeronautics Association. It also describes the Learadio receiver installed in Ross's…

[Amelia Earhart and William P. Lear] (Item)

Photograph of Amelia Earhart and William P. Lear, circa 1930s.Inscription on verso: "[G. P. Putnam?]."

[Peggy Emrick with unidentified aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Peggy Emrick with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1931.Inscription on verso: "Ran across these / Couldn't remember if you had any to remember the hop from K. C. to Cleveland / Sept 1931. Never will I forget it."

[Peggy Emrick with unidentified aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Peggy Emrick with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1931.Inscription on verso: "Just another one of that happy time / K City 1931 Sept."

[Lawrence Brown and Ruth Wightman with unidentified aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of pilots Lawrence Brown (left) and Ruth Wightman (right) with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A clipping about Brown and Wingman is glued to the image.Clipping text: "Lawrence Brown, of Venice, [crossed out: 'Illinois'] [handwritten: 'Cal'], has been doing some excellent exhibition flying in the Middle West during the past week. / C. O. Prest, the instructor of the…

[Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Ed Musick at Venice Flying School] (Item)

Photograph of (from left to right) Fred Schiller, Ruth Wightman, and Edwin Musick at the Venice Flying School, California, circa 1918. Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

[Three men and woman in flight gear at table] (Item)

Photograph of three men and a woman in flight gear (possibly Florence Seidell) at a table, circa 1910s-1920s. Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

[Ruth Wightman at controls of seaplane] (Item)

Photograph of Ruth Wightman at the controls of an unidentified seaplane, May 1913.Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.

[Ruth Wightman with woman and dog] (Item)

Photograph of Ruth Wightman (left) with another woman and a dog, circa 1900s-1910s. Part of a set of album pages containing scenes related to early aviation and automobile races, circa 1900s-1920s.