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July 1923. A wagon horse outfitted against summer insect pests on the streets of Washington, D.C. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
Hey, you have to try something, but can't imagine that it would work.
The horse pants during summer was a good idea.
Washington DC had a malaria problem through the late 1800s.
[Horses don't get or transmit the malaria that affects people. But they do get encephalitis from mosquitoes, which can be fatal. - Dave]
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