Summer days prior to air conditioning

[Becky1951]

I remember my dad had one of these for our car. Its a fan or swamp cooler and he would put ice in it on very hot days and it blew in cool air. Redneck A/C.

 

[Pecos]

View attachment 171562 I remember my dad had one of these for our car. Its a fan or swamp cooler and he would put ice in it on very hot days and it blew in cool air. Redneck A/C.

I had one of those and used it on a cross country trip. It was a little better than nothing.

 

[Fyrefox]

I can remember my Mother often saying, “It’s summer! It’s SUPPOSED to be hot!” My Dad used seat cooler cushions on top of the regular car upholstery that were basically reinforced heavy wire that allowed a little air to circulate around your back and bottom. Everyone was hot and miserable, and as Dana Carvey’s “Grumpy Old Man” character might have said, “...and we LIKED it!”

 

[Chet]

If you had a Plymouth Duster automobile you remember the large vent door below your left knee that forced air into the cabin as you drove, or the wing windows on all cars that you could adjust to force air into the car the same way.