Air conditioning wasn’t common in middle class homes until some Texas families decided to become study subjects in the 1950s.
70 years ago, some Texan families joined an experiment that ushered in life with AC from NPR Audrey McGlinchy
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Air conditioning wasn’t common in middle class homes until some Texas families decided to become study subjects in the 1950s.