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An early mosquito control device was the Thompson Mosquito Canopy, patented in the 1850s. (Buyenlarge Archive/UIG/Bridgeman Images)
An early mosquito control device was the Thompson Mosquito Canopy, patented in the 1850s. (Buyenlarge Archive/UIG/Bridgeman Images)