The project will be focusing on an antique flycatcher. The flycatcher is located in the antebellum mansion of Blandwood in the dining room. Within the paper I will examine health concerns that developed in antebellum America, the aesthetic of the fly catcher and the creation of the device itself. The paper will also focus on the placement of the dinning room in comparison with the rest of the house. The project will also examine other methods in which antebellum America prevented flys and other bugs from bothering the household.