[AT] Vehicle cooling before AC

[ustonThomas Mehrkam]

My dad had one of those. I remember driving through New Mexico, Arazoia ect on vacation. They worked ok as long as you kept water in them and pulled the string occasionally.

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  On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:11 PM, Rena Glover Goss<rlgoss at twc.com> wrote:   Yes.  I remember using one on a trip across Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado.  It brought the temperature down a bit, but not enough to make it worthwhile.

Larry

---- Brian <bcolt1 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> Yes, they were called swamp coolers. They worked by evaporation, and the car had to be moving right along. Thus, they were not much help in humid areas, or when moving slowly in traffic. I never actually saw one up here in New England, but recall seeing articles about them.
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> Does anyone remember seeing units outside the passenger window a device that looked like a canister vacuum cleaner before A/C became common. I remember them as a young boy? in the early 50's going to Amarillo. We didn't have one just wondering if they really worked. I suppose they could offer some cooling if they had ventures in it.
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