Greased paper window

A greased paper window is a very inexpensive window made of paper coated in grease. The grease fills gaps between the paper fibers, reducing the amount of light lost to scattering.^[1] Greased paper windows provide a diffuse light source, while blocking wind and preventing insects and other small animals from entering a structure.^[1]

Greased paper windows were often used by American pioneers of the early 1800s^[2] and other itinerant peoples, in lieu of relatively expensive traditional glass windows.^[1] Laura Ingalls Wilder recalled living in a home with a greased paper window in her 1937 children's novel, On the Banks of Plum Creek.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Goodwin, Jane (July 1, 2014). "Little House Science: Greased Paper Windows". Steve Spangler Science. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ "History of Spencer County". History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties, Indiana, From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. 1885. p. 410. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ Wilder, Laura Ingalls (October 20, 1937). On the Banks of Plum Creek. Harper Collins. p. 10. ISBN 9780064400046. Retrieved 17 August 2016. There was a small greased-paper window beside the door. But the wall was so thick that the light from the window stayed near the window. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

[Goodwin-1] Goodwin, Jane (July 1, 2014). "Little House Science: Greased Paper Windows". Steve Spangler Science. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[2] "History of Spencer County". History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties, Indiana, From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. 1885. p. 410. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

[LEW-3] Wilder, Laura Ingalls (October 20, 1937). On the Banks of Plum Creek. Harper Collins. p. 10. ISBN 9780064400046. Retrieved 17 August 2016. There was a small greased-paper window beside the door. But the wall was so thick that the light from the window stayed near the window. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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