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Molly Hodgdon lives in Chittenden County, Vermont, with her two cats, Fergus and Francie, and since 2021, she has started an online archive of photos and images of cats that once, many years ago, walked our earth. As of today, the Instagram account she rules has over 1.5K photos and almost 100K followers.
The woman has been collecting her archive for years, and today, she continues to delight netizens with purrfect historical materials depicting our fluffy friends from the past times. So now, Bored Panda suggests you to look at five dozen of the best photos from this incredible collection.
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It’s not known who was the first person to draw a cat, but it was definitely someone from prehistoric times because cats have been living next to us for several millennia. At first, it was a purely utilitarian necessity—cats rid our homes of mice and rats—and then people simply realized that furry friends are also the best cure for loneliness—well, okay, the best—on par with doggos.
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So even in ancient times, on the frescoes and wall bas-reliefs of Ancient Egypt, you can already find some cats. Moreover, the Egyptians worshiped small animals as gods and gave them a sacred status. It’s not for nothing that one of the goddesses of the ancient Egyptian pantheon, named Bast, had the head of a cat!
Well, today our worship of cats is not as frantic as it was a couple of thousand years ago, but we still try to capture our beloved friends in photos or drawings. And then - years pass, the past is covered with the dust of time - and the photos find a second life in the collection of Molly Hodgdon…
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The collector herself says that her love for cats goes back to her earliest childhood. "Cats are not just a social media gimmick for me; I have a deep love for them going back to my earliest memories,” Molly Hodgdon writes on her page at Givebutter. “My collection of vintage cat photos was inspired by my affection for these amazing animals and my fascination with humankind's shared history with them.”
By the way, both of the woman's cats, according to her own words, are HIV+, so the lady spends a lot of time maintaining their health. And the cats, in turn, try to repay the kindness in full with their own warmth and love.
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The Molly Hodgdon’s collection contains thousands of photographs and images, from the middle of the last century to completely hoary antiquities - for example, Victorian postcards with cute kitties. Just a visual confirmation of the fact that no matter how humanity changes over time, there are things that remain unchanged. So love for cats is definitely one of these things.
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We’re almost sure that you’ll enjoy looking at these photographs, literally breathing joy and peace. After all, when you hold a cat in your arms, or they sleep peacefully on your lap, you, a priori, cannot experience any feelings other than joy and peace.
So, please sit back, grab your cat (if you're lucky enough to have one at home), and take a trip down memory lane, illustrated by some of the most amazing cats that have ever existed!
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