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[William P. Lear and Board of Directors with prototype steam engine] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear (second from left) and members of the Lear Motors Corporation Board of Directors with a prototype steam engine, circa 1970s. Typed caption on verso: "William P. Lear and the Board of Directors of Lear Motors Corporation inspect a prototype Delta engine following a successful dynamometer run. Lear Motors is applying space-age technology to the old science of steam…

[William P. Lear, Ralph Nader, and others looking at steam engine] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear (left), Ralph Nader (center), and others looking at a steam engine, circa 1970s. Inscription on verso: "Ralph Nader."Stamped on verso: J. Martie Photo / [telephone number]."Stamped on verso: "Advertising/Graphic Arts / Lear Motors Corporation / [address in Leareno, Nevada]."

Plaque/Audubon Citation, 1974, William P. Lear, Steam Propulsion (Item)

Plaque given to William P. Lear by the Lahontan Audubon Society, January 16, 1974. The certificate has been laminated to a wood base. It includes a metal bracket on verso. Printed on front: "Audubon Citation for Exceptionally Meritorious Achievement in Environmental Protection presented to William Powell Lear, President, Lear Motors Corporation for Research and Development in the Field of Steam…

Badge, Commemorative/Steam Car, Bill Lear (Item)

Commemorative button with pin back, 1972. It features a black-and-white photographic image of William P. Lear kneeling next to the front end of a white car, likely a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, with Nevada license plate, "VAPOR."

[Technical drawing of Lear Vapordyne Indy car] (Item)

Technical drawing (photographic reproduction) of the Lear Vapordyne Indy race car, circa 1969-1971.Caption: "The 'Lear Vapordyne' Championship Car."Typed on verso: "Championship steam race car built by Lear Motors Corporation and on display at the 13th Annual International Automobile Show in the New York Coliseum. It features a Delta-configuration motor containing 12 pistons in 6 cylinders,…

[William P. Lear with boiler for Lear Vapordyne] (Item)

Photograph of William P. Lear with a boiler for the Lear Vapordyne Indy race car, circa 1969-1971.Inscription on verso: "Please return this photo to W. A. Moore, Lear Motors Corp., [address Reno, Nevada]."

Learium turbine system components (Item)

Composite photograph featuring four captioned images of Learium turbine system components, circa 1968-1976. Captions: "Learium turbine system components / Drive turbine & alternator / Regenerator box & boiler feed pump below / Auxiliary turbine & starter / Combustion blower / Lear Motors Corporation."Inscription in margin: "File T-7."

Complexity comparison [between steam system and gas turbine] (Item)

Diagram (photographic reproduction) of a complexity comparison between a steam system and a gas turbine, circa 1968-1976.Title: "Complexity comparison."Inscription on verso: "Master / Do not remove."Typed on verso: "Figure 53."

Lear Turbine System / Automotive Installation Concept (Item)

Technical drawing (photographic reproduction) of an automotive installation concept for the Learium Turbine System, circa 1969-1971.

[Lear Vapordyne Indy car] (Item)

Photograph of the Lear Vapordyne Indy race car, circa 1968-1971.Printed in margin: "Lear Motors Corporation."