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Publicity Leaflet - 'Make Your Own Weather', Westinghouse, Air Conditioners, Australia, 1970s Reg. No: TL 005667

Summary:: Advertising flyer promoting Westinghouse air conditioners, which were made in Australia by Email.

The flyer provides information on how to install and use Westinghouse air conditioners, and also includes a graph on the efficiency of staff in summer without air conditioning in their workspace. It states 'Personal year-round weather comfort with push-button ease!' The air conditioners were mobile and could be moved from room to room. They feature filter pads, and have different settings for different conditions, along with an automatic thermostat. Promoted as quiet, the air conditioners consisted of a weatherproof, zinc coated steel cabinet with a compressor motor. The Westinghouse slogan was 'You can be sure... if it's Westinghouse'.
Description:: Three copies of a single page colour brochure. Front features a colour illustration of a airconditioners in both a work environment, with a man in an office, and in the domestic environment, with a family watching television. The front also features a black and white photograph and illustration. the back features line drawings and textual information.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1982

Discipline:	Trade Literature
Dimensions:	278 mm (Height), 280 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	advertising, electric household appliances, marketing, domestic refrigerators, air conditioners
Themes this item is part of:	Domestic & Community Life Collection, Trade Literature Collection
Primary Classification:	DOMESTIC LIFE
Secondary Classification:	Cooling
Tertiary Classification:	evaporative cooling
Primary Subject:	Air Conditioners
Publication Date:	1970 circa
Cover Title:	'MAKE YOUR OWN WEATHER WITH WESTINGHOUSE ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS'
Model Name/Number:	M100R; M150R
Publication Types:	Specific Product Catalogue; Specification Sheets; Publicity Brochure
Printing Types:	Full Colour
Illustration Types:	Colour; Black & White; Photographs; Line Drawings
Page Size Format:	210 x 280
Number of Pages:	2
Manufacturer/Distributor:	Email Ltd