Wow, does that bring back memories. My dad got the fan part from somewhere and made a window fan. Houses were made differently back then. A fan could be put in one window blowing out, and would pull in cool night air from another one. When I was in college, one building I had classes in was ac. My dad could fix anything. We had a fireplace in the 2nd farmhouse we lived in. He got a fan or that is what it looked like, made a motor for it, plugged it in and cut trees into logs. He did not need a chainsaw!
“A fan could be put in one window blowing out, and would pull in cool night air from another one.”
That was my “air conditioning” through the 60s and 70s.:-)
I am spoiled rotten now,and have become more aware of it after reading all of these posts.
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