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Typed speech about the Lear steam-powered bus, delivered by William P. Lear at the Steam Bus Symposium, November 17, 1971. 13 pages.

Photograph of the Vapor Generator Test Lab at a Lear Motors facility, circa 1970-1972.Typed caption: "Lear Motors Corp. Vapor Generator Test Lab."

Photographic slide of a variable displacement feedpump, circa 1970s. Inscription on slide: "E-77."

Photograph of various aircraft at the LearAvia Aircraft Service Center, circa 1970s.

Photograph of various aircraft in a Lear, Incorporated hangar, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s. Two Lear company Beech Bonanza B35 aircraft (wing numbers NC3901N and NC3804N) are in the foreground and several unidentified jet aircraft are…

Photograph of various components for a Learadio T30R3 installation, circa 1931-1939. The verso caption describes the problems and capabilities of the trailing antenna.Typed caption on verso: "G. Shows a complete set of equipment for a T30R3…

Photograph of (from left to right) Ward Davis, Herbert O. Fisher, and William P. Lear with a Port Authority Bell 47 helicopter, New York City, New York, July 24, 1953. The Empire State Building is visible in the background.Typed caption on verso:…

Photograph of Wayne Newton (center), William P. Lear (second from left), Moya O. Lear (left), and others next to a Learjet aircraft, Detroit, Michigan, June 1965.Typed caption on verso: "Recording artist Wayne Newton and associates, ride in Lear Jet.…

Items from Box 1, Folder 14 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, June to July 1935. Contains four typed letters between Gordon Scheibell and N. E. Wunderlich and a page of notes for a therapeutic and beauty treatment involving electrodes.…

Items from Box 1, Folder 15 and Box 209, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, June 1935 to November 1944. Contains drafts, notes, and technical drawings for the radio guidance system and blind approach system (WPL/30-1) patent.…