We've told you many wonderful stories with collections of historical photos from different times, or with photos of the cutest cats on the Internet. It's time to combine these two amazing things into one combo collection. So now, please meet The Cats of Yore!
This is probably the largest online collection of vintage photos and images of cats - at least, I haven’t come across more complete and so nostalgic collections. Nostalgic even more so because all the cats you’ll see in these photos have already gone into eternity, but the joy they once gave to their humans remains for many years and decades.
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#1
“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a “lassoo” from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ From the Imperial War Museums' online photograph collection
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Boy with cat. Photo taken in Natal, South Africa by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1949. From the Smithsonian online virtual archives
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This is a photo from a sweet and funny book called The Silent Miaow by Paul Gallico with photos by Suzanne Szasz. It’s a cute manual that teaches stray cats how to train humans and get them to let you move in and take over. 1964.
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Snug. ☺️ From April’s Kittens, written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry. 1940.
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Three cats. Three of them. All cats. Photo by Hilding Mickelsson, undated. From the Hälsingland Museum in Hudiksvall, Sweden
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I’m in ur sink, questioning ur decor choices. Photo from my collection, ca. 1960s.
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Showing bottle ships to kittens is a top tier hobby. Photo of Jakob Olaussen by Kjell Søgård, 1967. From the Norwegian Forestry Museum in Elverum, Norwa
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A very pleasant loaf. 🍞 Oil painting by Abraham Cooper, 1817. From the online collections of the Ashmolean Museum
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Before the internet kittens had to call everyone individually to explain how small and cute they were. Unknown photographer, ca. 1920 - 1935. From the online collection of the Powerhouse Museum - a collective of museums in Sydney, Australia.
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#14
Morning and evening, 1898. From The Angora Cat: How to Breed, Train, and Keep It. By Robert Kent James, 1898. From the Library of Congress.
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#15
This is really marvelous tabby coat appreciation. 💕 Watercolor by Norbertine Bresslern-Roth, 1920.
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#16
Proposal for Sistine Chapel redesign. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
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#17
This meeting of the High Council of Tater Tots has been brought to order. Undated, from the Upplandsmuseet in Uppsala, Sweden
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Cat in Cherry Tree. Wood engraving print by Eileen Mayo, 1947. From the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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“Toodles the cat celebrated his 18th birthday on St. Patrick’s Day in 1940. A stout 19 pounds, he is deaf and beginning to lose his teeth. Toodles is set in his ways and doesn’t like his daily routine interrupted, especially… his afternoon nap.” 1940. From the Tacoma Public Library online digital collections.
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Portrait of a beloved loaf. Photo by John Holyland, ca. 1865 - 1880. From the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
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