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Photograph

Morey Airplane Co. Personnel

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Group portrait of Morey Airplane Co. personnel, with five people. Standing left to right: Winston Smith, mechanic, Frank McCormick, pilot and shop super, A...
Photograph

Lawson Plant Machine Shop

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Lawson plant. At least 18 people are working in the large, open room. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the rafters of the open cei...
Poster

Practical Aeronautics

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for Alfred Lawson, declaring that he is "Designer and Navigator of the First Airliner." Background image shows the Lawson Air Liner flying. I...
Photograph

Lawson Air Liner with Passengers

Date: 1919
Description: A group of well-dressed men and women stand in front of a Lawson Air Liner, which is parked in a field. One man is wearing a military uniform. Another man ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Roots of the Oak, Page Two

Date: 1917
Description: Second page of a four-page pamphlet advertising the Lawson Aircraft Corporation. Includes a biography of Alfred Lawson and a photograph of him.
Photograph

Alfred Lawson Comparing Palmer and Goodyear Cord Aero Tyres

Date: 1920
Description: Alfred Lawson standing behind a Palmer cord aero tyre, which is sitting next to a smaller Goodyear cord tire. The smaller Goodyear tire was used for Lawson...
Photograph

Alfred Lawson with Newton Baker and Children

Date: 09 21 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson standing and talking to United States Secretary of War Newton Baker. Lawson is holding Baker's daughter Betty in his arms, and Baker's son is...
Photograph

Alfred Lawson and Unidentified Woman

Date: 1919
Description: Portrait of Alfred Lawson, with his arm around the shoulders of an unidentified woman who is holding a handkerchief. They are posing while looking out of a...
Photograph

Alfred Lawson with Palmer Cord Aero Tyre

Date: 1920
Description: Oval-framed portrait of Alfred Lawson standing behind a Palmer cord aero tyre, which he used for his 1920 Midnight Air Liner.

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