GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 28, 1952

GOODS & SERVICES

Car Cooler. General Motors announced an automobile air-conditioning unit as optional equipment for 1953 Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles. The small unit will be installed in the luggage compartment, pump cold air into the car through a grill behind the rear seat. In temperatures up to 110°, said G.M., the unit will cool a car to "comfort." Price: about $500.

Rain Hat. In Richmond, Va., the M. & B. Headwear Co. began sales of what it called the first nonshrinkable waterproof hat for men. Nonstitched, the cloth of the hat is laminated together...

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