fooey on automobile history

[ritaxis]

Went haring off to find out how automobile side windows opened at the turn of the century . . . to discover that they didn't have side windows, or any sufficient protection tio drive around in winter time, until the 20s, which is kind of too late.

How on earth am I to transport Yanek and the Duke's children around the landscape in the middle of winter then?  They'll freeze if they have to drive in an open car for several hours.  Carriages?  What about the horses?  Didn't they suffer horribly in that cold?

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[pameladean]

I know Laura Ingalls Wilder is problematic, but The Long Winter has a lot about using and looking after horses in a record South Dakota winter, including details such as needing to stop periodically and put your hands around the horses' noses to melt off the ice that congealed from their breath so they wouldn't smother.

P.