Manuscripts
Subseries 8: Ryan Aeronautical Company
- Description
These photographs were created and compiled by the Ryan Aeronautical Company, and date to primarily the 1940s through the 1960s. They depict aircraft being built and tested, manufacturing processes, workers, pilots, facilities, and other topics. They are all 4 x 5-inch prints and many have typed captions. There are also photographs documenting the Ryan School of Aeronautics, a flight school in San Diego that trained Army pilots during World War II. Other photographs depict Ryan's work on components for other aircraft companies.
- Date
- approximately 1939-1981
- Call number
- mssNorthrop
- Provenance
- Gift of Northrop Grumman Corporation, October 2011.
- Restrictions
