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[Nyboy]

friend once told me window screens did not come about till the 50s was schocked

 

[Smart Red]

friend once told me window screens did not come about till the 50s was schocked

I am shocked as well. Guess I was too little. . . um, too young to remember windows without screens. Or they around but were not in really wide-scale use until the early 50s.

{Apparently, window screens designed specifically to prevent insect entry were not patented in the United States, although by 1900 several patents were awarded for particular innovations related to window screen design. By the 1950s, parasitic diseases were largely eradicated in the United States in part due to the widespread use of window screens.}Wikipedia

 

[Nyboy]

I would have guessed mid 1800s boy would I have been wrong. Wonder why mosquito netting was not used on windows

 

[bobm]

digitS' in a previous life (before invention of window screens):

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Steve

Peeping Tom ?

 

[Nyboy]

screens do effect amount of light coming in windows

 

[jackb]

Just an FYI

"
Before wire cloth or mesh was used for window screens and door screens, people sometimes used cheesecloth to cover their windows to keep out flies and other insects. Cheesecloth is loosely woven and so will allow air to circulate, but it is delicate and easily torn. Wire cloth was woven of fine metal wire, originally for sieves to sift flour and strain food.

During the U.S. Civil War (1861 – 1865), Gilbert and Bennett, a company of sieve makers in Connecticut, had a growing surplus because they could no longer sell in the Southern states. An employee of the company had a new idea: he coated the wire cloth with paint to prevent rust and sold it for window screens. The idea was so popular that the company made wire cloth a major part of its business, and it became a major manufacturer of screens for doors and windows. Later, the company introduced steel wire, which was resistant to rust.

In the beginning, homeowners built wooden window frames or door frames and nailed on the wire cloth. Later, companies sold ready-made screen doors and windows. Even settlers who homesteaded in sod houses in the 1800s could have screened doors for their houses.

In the early campaigns against flies and disease-carrying insects, volunteer groups such as the Boy Scouts used to help communities install and maintain screens. A standard part of getting ready for warm weather for many people, in the past as well as today, is checking and repairing screens on doors and windows.

 

[Nyboy]

Thanks Jack always learning