The four Goldberg Brothers

[Jo McDonald]

 
















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Do you really know how the auto air conditioner really came to be???

The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max,
invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July
17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.
The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and
sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that four gentlemen were
there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since
the electric starter.
Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and
instead asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car.
They persuaded him to get into the car, which was about 130 degrees,
turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off immediately.
The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office,
where he offered them $3 million for the patent.
The brothers refused, saying they would settle for $2 million, but
they wanted the recognition by having a label, 'The Goldberg
Air-Conditioner,' on the dashboard of each car in which it was
installed.
Now old man Ford was more than just a little anti-Semitic, and there
was no way he was going to put the Goldberg's name on two million Fords.
They haggled back and forth for about two hours, and finally agreed
on $4 million and that just their first names would be shown.
And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show Lo, Norm, Hi, and
Max on the controls.
So, now you know the rest of the story....

P.S. Don't lose your sense of humor during these challenging times! 









 

[Diane Amberg]

I wondered where that was going....very funny.

[Wilma]

Jo, that is the first good laugh I have had today and maybe for a bunch of days.  Thank you.  It is good to know who is responsible for my comfort on a hot windy day in the car.  I hope responsible is spelled right.  I mispelled it then for the life of me couldn't think of how it should be spelled.

[Bonnie M.]

Good one, Jo!