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Mosquito Bar Frame. (open access)

Mosquito Bar Frame.

Patent for a new and improved frame for mosquito bars. This design calls for wires, bent at right angles, to be attached to a center piece, in which hanging-cords can be stored. This design represents a lighter, more portable alternative to the wooden predecessors.
Date: November 1, 1881
Creator: Bostick, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Canopy for Folding Bed (open access)

Mosquito-Canopy for Folding Bed

Patent for an improvement "to provide a folding bed of any variety with a canopy-frame for suspending a netting which will both fold up when the bed is closed and open when the bed is opened automatically" (lines 9-13).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Eva, Addison H.
System: The Portal to Texas History