Ryan Air Photographic Collection

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Ryan Air Photographic Collection

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Table of contents

Box 1 of 3

Folder 1 – Early Days

Physical Description: This folder contains eight cardboard photographs of T. Claude Ryan, early day aircraft, and Charles Lindbergh.

Folder 2 – T. Claude Ryan Portraits/Photographs I

Physical Description: Photographs of T. Claude Ryan headshots, business portraits, with associates, and at events.

Folder 3 – T. Claude Ryan Portraits/Photographs II

Physical Description: Photographs of T. Claude Ryan headshots, business portraits, with associates, and at events.

Folder 4 – Ryan Personnel Headshots

Physical Description: Headshots of corporate personnel including Ocherman, Arthur A. “Bill” Billings, Bill Immenschuh, Frank W. Fink, Stillwagen, J. Woodridge.

Folder 5 – Ryan Personnel Group Shots

Physical Description: This folder contains a few photographs of groups of unidentified people

Folder 6 – Ryan Family

Physical Description: Photographs of T. Claude Ryan and his wife Gladys.

Folder 7 – Testing/Research I

Physical Description: Over one hundreds photographs of machinery, experimental projects, laboratories, modular computers, experiments, equipment, and more.

Folder 8 – Testing/Research II

Physical Description: Over one hundreds photographs of machinery, experimental projects, laboratories, modular computers, experiments, equipment, and more.

Box 2 of 3

Folder 1 – General Manufacturing

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of industrial facilities, production, equipment, workers, projects, and more.

Folder 2 – Computation

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of modular computers performing computations and calculations for Ryan employees.

Folder 3 – General Electric VTOL

Physical Description: This folder contains photographs of VTOL ducts. It also contains photocopied sketches of the ideal VTOL aircraft, and of various parts.

Folder 4 – Missile Testing

Physical Description: This folder contains six photographs of a missile being built and ready to be tested, as well as a drone.

Folder 5 – Mini Wale, Solar Mirror. Ryan Wrap

Folder 6 – Ryan Wrap

Folder 7 – Missiles

Folder 8 – Quality Control

Folder 9 – Flight Simulator

Folder 10 – Doppler Planes

Folder 11 – Ryan Co. Planes

Folder 12 – Ryan (Desert) Plant Testing/Research

Folder 13 – Machining

Box 3 of 3

Folder 1 – DC-8

Folder 2 – Sonar Artist Rendering

Folder 3 – Sonar Pictures

Folder 4 – Miscellaneous Color Photos

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