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[William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, and others with Lear steam-powered bus]
Photograph of William P. Lear, Moya O. Lear, Art Linkletter, and an unidentified man with the Lear steam-powered bus, Reno, Nevada, circa 1970s. Sticker on verso: "V. M. Hanks, Jr. / Reorder #4640-37 / (Copyright) / [address in San Francisco, California]."
[William P. Lear giving talk at Lear Motors facility]
Photograph of William P. Lear (at podium) giving a talk at a Lear Motors facility, Reno, Nevada, circa 1970s. Moya O. Lear is seated in the background.Sticker on verso: "V. M. Hanks, Jr. / Reorder #4640-45 / (Copyright) / [address in San Francisco, California]."
[William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in Lear steam-powered bus]
Photographic negative of William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in the Lear steam-powered bus, Reno, Nevada, circa 1970s.
[Lear steam-powered bus and Stanley Steamer motorcar]
Photographic slide of the Lear steam-powered bus and a Stanley Steamer motorcar at a Lear Motors facility, Reno, Nevada, circa 1972. William P. Lear is on the right (in red jacket).Caption on slide: "Lear Steam Bus & Lear (red coat) on Stanley Steamer. 72.Sticker on slide: "Joe Rychetnik, Photography / San Francisco, California / [telephone numbers] / Photography of Alaska and the Far…
[William P. Lear with Lear steam-powered bus]
Photographic slide of William P. Lear with the Lear steam-powered bus at a Lear Motors facility, Reno, Nevada, circa 1972. Caption on slide: "William P. Lear w/ steam bus engine at Reno plant. 72."Sticker on slide: "Joe Rychetnik, Photography / San Francisco, California / [telephone numbers] / Photography of Alaska and the Far West."Stamped on slide: "Prop. Of Van Cleve Photography / [address in…
[Engineers with Lear steam-powered bus]
Photographic slide of engineers with the Lear steam-powered bus, Reno, Nevada, circa 1974. The bus's engine is on display. Caption on slide: "Lear Steam Bus, Reno plant-turbine engineers show vapor sys."Sticker on slide: "Joe Rychetnik, Photography / San Francisco, California / [telephone numbers] / Photography of Alaska and the Far West."Stamped on slide: "Prop. Of Van Cleve Photography /…
[Lear steam-powered bus on display]
Photographic slide of the Lear steam-powered bus on display at a Lear Motors facility, Reno, Nevada, circa February 1972. Stamped on slide: "5 Feb 72P7."
[William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in Lear steam-powered bus]
Photograph of William P. Lear and Moya O. Lear in the Lear steam-powered bus, Reno, Nevada, circa 1970s.
[Film footage of Bell 206B Jetranger helicopter transporting cargo containers]
Film footage of a Bell 206B Jetranger helicopter (registration N2234W) transporting cargo containers, Reno, Nevada, circa 1960s-1970s. The footage opens with the Jetranger approaching and landing in the parking lot of the Answer Man hardware store. The helicopter is then shown lifting cargo containers with its hoist cable and transporting the containers to the roof of a building. The film is in…
Steambus! [film]
Informational film about steam buses, directed by Peter Adair and Pat Jackson, produced by Irving Saraf and KQED News, narrated by Scott Beach, copyright 1972. Created on behalf of the California Steam Bus Project, the film describes the development and implementation of three steam buses created by William M. Brobeck and Associates, the Lear Motors Corporation, and Steam Power Systems. The film…