Weather Or Not
March, 1960
Though Dug by Ducks and folks on the farm, rain is disdained by most people. So people counter with the raincoat. But comes the revolution (see this and the following two pages), and no longer is rain the sole raison d'être for the raincoat. In fact, no longer is the raincoat strictly a rain coat.With the demise of the slicker and the wane in popularity of the trusty cotton poplin coat, raingear has turned more colorful, more commodious, more fashionable, and more suited for wear round the clock...