That sounds like a netting device to
place over a bed to keep out mosquitoes and other insects. This was
standard equipment, especially for non-natives, for sleeping in the
tropics but, no doubt, used in temperate climates as well. There are those
of us who can remember baby carriages in temperate climate areas having a
mosquito netting accessory so it seems reasonable that some persons would
protect themselves and their children when in bed. In connection with this
it should be noted that not everyone in New York had (has?) screening on
their windows and certainly kept the windows open during the warm
months/mosquito season.
Frank F. Katz
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Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 10:06
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Subject: "mosquito canopies"???
A 1930 telephone
directory describes a Soho business enterprise as selling "mosquito canopies".
Does any subscriber have a definite idea of what that meant?
Christopher Gray
"Streetscapes" Columnist, Sunday Real Estate
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