Window screen types: top hinge, side hinge, horizontal sliding – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Window screen types: top hinge, side hinge, horizontal sliding, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Window screen types: top hinge, side hinge, horizontal sliding
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Three window screen types are shown side by side here: a top-hinged screen, a side-hinged screen, and a horizontal sliding screen. Each was a practical answer to the same problem, keeping insects out while letting air move through the house, and the differences among them show how builders and households weighed cost, ease of use and how a window opened. The image sits under the Family Life heading, a reminder that such small household fittings were part of everyday routines in the home. Comparing the three layouts side by side makes it easy to see why a family might choose one design over another.
| Original scan | 1,161 × 1,469 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217731 |
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