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Cats of Yore
4 hours ago

Screen gremlin. 1937. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/52271174135/

Black and white photo of a small tabby kitten climbing up the outside of a screen door. Our view is from the inside, so we see the kitten's imploring face, spotted belly, and little toes digging into the wire.
Cats of Yore
7 hours ago

Everyone looks so nice! Maybe it was the kitten’s christening. Photo from my collection ca. 1940s. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage

Black and white photo of a well dressed black couple. The man’s arm is over the woman’s shoulders and she is smiling and holding a tuxedo kitten with a large, light colored bow around its neck.
Cats of Yore
1 day ago

"Portrait of Frieda Baars (Sangernebo) with three cats, 1907" #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.instagram.com/p/CM6t7tYJUau/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Black and white studio portrait of a smiling young white woman posing with three shorthaired tabby cats. One is sitting up on her right shoulder, one is in the crook of her left arm, and one she cradles in front of her as it looks directly into the camera. It's really a remarkable shot with everyone's expressions and poses just perfect!
Cats of Yore
1 day ago

Portrait of Miele van Kerckhoff with cat, ca. 1890 - 1894. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-F-2016-135-2-14-4

A white woman in formal dress very proudly holding up a shorthaired tabby cat. He or she is being supported to a standing position from the woman's lap to fully display how beautiful they are. The cat appears calm and relaxed. It is a lovely portrait of them both.
Cats of Yore
2 days ago

The gorgeous endpapers of Just Cats. Written by T.O. Beachcroft and illustrated by Lowes D. Luard, 1936. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage

Photo of a hardcover book opened to display its endpapers: dozens of white cats in a wide variety of postures and activities arranged pleasingly across a field of medium blue.
Cats of Yore
3 days ago

Elegance. 💎 Early 20th century. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage
 https://flic.kr/p/uxUEhT

Black and white studio photo of a shorthaired white cat photographed on a dark surface with dark background, making it appear to be floating in a field of black. The cat is sitting in a prim loaf position, looking up and to the right, and wearing a necklace with dark teardrops dangling from it.
Cats of Yore
3 days ago

Portrait of a heterochromic cat. Postcard from my collection, mailed 1908. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage


Black and white studio portrait photo of a medium haired white cat with one dark and one light eye. It sits up on a table or something similar draped with dark cloth against a dark background, producing a nice contrast to the white fur.
Cats of Yore
4 days ago

Check out this lil scrambler! Postcard from my collection, sent 1957. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby kitten on a wooden fence, it has a remarkably cute little face and beautiful big shining eyes.
Cats of Yore
5 days ago

"Cat Asleep in Basket" 19th century. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.artic.edu/artworks/81232/cat-asleep-in-basket

Black ink drawing on off white paper of a very happy looking shorthaired cat sleeping in a handled basket, all tucked in under a blanket as if it was a bed. The cat looks cozy and blissful.
Cats of Yore
5 days ago

Drama! "Portrait of Marya Anastasievna Chroustchva". Ca. 1900. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://jenikirbyhistory.getarchive.net/media/kardovsky-portrait-of-marya-anastasievna-chroustchva-071c14

Oil painting of a statuesque white woman in long grey cloak and skirt, brilliant scarlet blouse, long black gloves, and a large, dramatic hat. She gazes disdainfully at the viewer and holds a medium haired white cat bearing the same expression. The portrait is outdoors, but the background is a blurred, impressionistic autumn landscape.
Cats of Yore
6 days ago

Woman with a Cat. 1901. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage
 https://www.wikiart.org/en/lilla-cabot-perry/woman-with-a-cat-1901

Oil painting of a pale woman in a lilac and white lace gown, her chestnut hair up in a voluminous bun typical of the Edwardian era. She faces away from the viewer, but over her shoulder the holds up a beautiful, bright eyed long haired ginger tabby with its paws resting on her shoulder.
Cats of Yore
6 days ago

Girl with a Cat. 1881. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Edelfelt_-_Girl_with_a_Cat_%281881%29.jpg

Oil painting of a pretty young woman with pale skin and dark hair, sitting in a chair wearing a ruffly and layered pink dress and white apron. Cradled in her lap is a medium haired white cat with dark brown tabby markings on its head and tail.
Cindy
1 week ago

Y e s... our family & friends know that we love our felines & would do anything for them.
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Cats of Yore
1 week ago

Postcard from my collection titled “The Rivals”. Ca. 1900. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage

Black and white studio photo of two stout longhaired kittens sitting side by side, looking chonkily relaxed and empty headed. The one on the left is black, on the right is grey.
Cats of Yore
1 week ago

"Woman Lying on a Bench". 1913. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.meisterdrucke.ie/fine-art-prints/Carl-Larsson/73888/Woman-Lying-on-a-Bench,-1913-.html

Beautiful, light and airy color illustration of a young white woman lying on a bench outside, seemingly in a private garden. She is comfortably cushioned and swaddled in layers of blankets and pillows. The woman is reading something and a white kitten with black spots snoozes in the crook of her left arm.
Courtney Cantrell
1 week ago

Look at my cat. Look at it.

LOOK AT IT

#cats
#catstodon
#CatsOfMastodon
#orangeys
#ILoveCats
#blep

Photo of the pink-nosed face of an orangey cat. Her name is Laddi, she is 3 years old, and she is a completely adorkable floof. In this photo, she is looking straight into the camera, her eyelids lowered in "cozy" position. She is blepping and has *the* most amazing case of airplane ears.
Cats of Yore
1 week ago

Seaman with two esteemed shipmates, ca. 1910. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://collections.sea.museum/objects/133382/seaman-with-a-cat-and-kitten?ctx=7f798de3-d542-4e62-b3c7-831f1f33affe&idx=66

Black and white photo of a cheerful looking slim white man with a nice, full mustache. He is sitting on the deck of a ship, proudly holding up a calico cat and a kitten which seems to be a tuxedo. All three appear healthy and look confidently at the camera.
MicheleV_AK
1 week ago

Now that the Katmai and Polar bears are no longer "live" on the Explore live cams, I am watching Kitten Rescue live cams and have fallen in love with all of these CH cats. Some are not mobile, i.e. cannot walk at all, but the one in the middle can get around the room and even use the litter box. The NOAH Center describes CH as: Cerebellar Hypoplasia or CH is a disorder found in cats and dogs that causes jerky movements, tremors, and generally uncoordinated motion, just like ataxic cerebral palsy in humans. A cat with CH often falls down and has trouble walking or cannot seem to walk at all. #CHCats #ILoveCats #KittenRescueLosAngeles

Five cats with varying degrees of CH resting/relaxing on beds at the Kitten Rescue in Los Angeles, CA.
Cats of Yore
1 week ago

The party got too hardy. 🍻 Photo from my collection, 1969. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage

Color photo of a ginger and white cat is sprawled out asleep, lying on top of a pile of paper, fabric, shoes, closet-type stuff. His paws are stretched out toward a straw “luau” hat with the loose straw fringe around its upturned brim, the kind of hat that white suburban people would wear to Hawaiian themed parties in the 60s (or possibly still do I have no idea).
Cats of Yore
1 week ago

From the book Caroline's Party, 1972. Illustrated by Pierre Probst and written by Jane Carruth. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage

A color illustration of a black cat with green eyes wearing a blue and grey bathrobe, standing at a bathroom sink with a toothbrush in one paw and glass of water in the other, his little face looks like he is swishing water inside his mouth.
Cats of Yore
1 week ago

Cat Lover. 1966. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage
 https://photos.com/featured/cat-lover-chaloner-woods.html

Black and white photo of an older white woman in a striped dress, kneeling on the floor. Next to her is a small, child-sized armchair with floral upholstery and sitting on the chair is a beautiful white cat which looks at the camera with a slightly wary or stressed expression. Maybe it's just insulted by the plastic chair cover.
Cats of Yore
1 week ago

Prince Snowball. 1929. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://torontoguardian.com/2016/03/vintage-animal-photographs-in-toronto/

Black and white photo of a longhaired white cat with an adorable little face, being held up for the camera by a white woman whose face is blurry behind him. He looks like he's barely tolerating these indignities.
Cats of Yore
2 weeks ago

Perfect peace. 1929. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage
 https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/historic-cat-photos-on-international-cat-day/567062/

Black and white photo of a sleeping cat, appear to be buff ginger and white. What makes this photo special is that there is a very tight field focus that makes it very intimate and dreamy. The face of the cat is crystal clear, but that is all. The ears, body, the pillow in front of it are all blurry.
Cats of Yore
2 weeks ago

Fragile beauty. 1968. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109K78

A petite young white girl with blond hair, sitting with a shorthaired white and tabby cat cradled in her lap. In back of her is a white hydrangea bush, and some flower petals are scattered in her hair. It would be a very sweet, cute scene but the child's face is strikingly pensive and melancholy. This is my own editorializing, but the photo's title indicated she is anemic and she seems to be feeling the weight of her illness and circumstances. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.
Cats of Yore
2 weeks ago

Political cartoon about the Treaty of Tolentino. 1797. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.07691/

Detailed etching on off white paper. A rooster stands on the right, holding out a bundle of twigs like an offering. A shorthaired white and tabby cat on the left is looking at the viewer and accepting the twigs - it is wearing an ornate, layered papal tiara and leaning on a walking stick.
Cats of Yore
2 weeks ago

Isn't this lovely? The cat's bright little face? 1907. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://picryl.com/media/henrique-lopes-de-mendonca-com-um-gato-ed4c53

Black and white photo of a balding Portuguese man with magnificent drooping mustache sitting for a studio portrait. In his lap he gently holds a shorthaired white and black cat that looks brightly up in the air as if someone is swinging a toy to get its attention.
Cats of Yore
2 weeks ago

Negative from my collection. Ca. 1940s. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage

Black and white photo of a medium haired tabby cat (it appears ginger to me) eating or drinking from a bowl on a light colored floor. That doesn't sound do great but it's a very well done photo. It is taken from directly in front of the cat down at its eye level and the focus is tight on the cat's face. You can see how beautiful it is, its serious expression, and every detail down to the last whisker while the body is out of focus and the background is simply a dark blur. It's almost like the cat is in a spotlight on a stage.
Cats of Yore
3 weeks ago

People are often surprised to learn that this is by M.C. Escher! 1919. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.62834.html

Very simple, clean illustration of a shorthaired white cat, sitting up but a little hunched and looking down. It fits beautifully in a square composition against a black background.
Cats of Yore
3 weeks ago

Kitten! 1972. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5515083

Ink and watercolor painting of a little grey tuxedo tabby medium haired kitten with pale yellow-green eyes, sitting outside surrounded by foliage and red flowers. He's facing halfway away from the viewer so you can see the lovely coat pattern on his back, but also turning toward the viewer so you can see his lovely face, pink nose, and big white forepaws. He looks very thoughtful and cute.
Cats of Yore
3 weeks ago

Mum looks so proud of her little gremlins destroying this thing. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage
 https://www.bonhams.com/auction/17907/lot/67/carl-reichert-austrian-1836-1918-kittens-playing-on-a-spinning-wheel/

Oil painting of a wooden spinning wheel being climbed, explored, and possibly broken by three rambunctious kittens - a brown tabby and two white with black spots. Another tabby is hiding underneath it looking like he's plotting something, while a fifth kitten sits to one side watching its sibling with what looks like an admiring smile. A shorthaired grey tabby sits on a bin behind this chaos and looks at the viewer with a sly little smile.
Cats of Yore
4 weeks ago

Little cuties about to dump 6-9 inches of snow in your region. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage
 https://www.bonhams.com/auction/23471/lot/594/lilian-cheviot-british-active-1894-1930-kittens/

Oil painting of four grey, fluffy kittens with shining gold eyes, cuddled together on teal green pillowy surface. They are soft and poofy and the light subtly plays across them, which makes them strongly resemble four little grey clouds that happen to have cute cat faces.
Cats of Yore
1 month ago

Look at this adorable little toy satchel! #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage
 https://digitaltmuseum.se/0210211458502/leksaksportor

Color photo of an oval shaped metal carrying case, like a little tin purse for children. It's painted red with delicate gold details all over and a large illustration on the front. The illustration depicts a shorthaired tabby mother cat that seems to be washing something at a basin of water while looking over her shoulder at her two kittens. The kittens are running off, a tabby one wearing a red bow and a tabby and white one wearing a blue bow.
Cats of Yore
1 month ago

I hope everyone has a fun and safe night! 1913. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.rubylane.com/item/398016-11890/1913-Unused-HM-Rose-Hooray-for?search=1&t=7591b2c1

Color vintage postcard with a creepy cartoon black cat walking on its hind legs along a brown wall or fence, holding a big white sign that reads in red lettering "Hooray for Hallowe'en". Behind is the full yellow moon in the blue night sky and an owl and bat are visible.
Cats of Yore
1 month ago

Sure smartphones are great but so were the days when switchboards were overseen by giant tabbies. 1951. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://digitaltmuseum.se/021018293658/orsundet-telefonstation-1951-interior

Black and white photo of a white woman facing away from the camera to attend to an old fashioned telephone switchboard in a wooden cabinet. On the top of the cabinet a huge orange tabby sits up, surveying the operation.
Cats of Yore
1 month ago

What a happy loaf on his little stump pillow! 1915. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-a1a6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tabby cat, ginger or maybe grey, lying on a flat pillow which has been placed on a stump outdoors. He look up blissfully, surrounded by lush foliage.
Cats of Yore
1 month ago

"MOMMMMMM. There's someone... something... CAN YOU JUST COME HERE PLEASE." #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://digitaltmuseum.se/021016813019/hmm2325

Black and white photo of a shorthaired tuxedo kitten standing outside on a lawn, meowing in the general direction of the camera. Behind it is a white shoebox and a fluffy little owlet is sitting in it, looking unbothered.
Cats of Yore
1 month ago

Nothing like fresh-picked kitten straight from the tree. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://digitaltmuseum.se/021018558321/john-liedholms-glasplatssamling

Black and white photo of a shorthaired white kitten sitting on a tree branch, surrounded by dense foliage. It's really striking because there's a lot of contrast between the dreamy soft white kitten fur and the very dark foliage surrounding it.
Cats of Yore
1 month ago

Small friends. 1920. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://digitaltmuseum.se/0210111644628/flicka-vid-arbetshuset-1920-tal

Black and white photo of a little white girl with light blonde hair sitting on wooden steps. She's wearing a simple gingham smock dress and little socks pulled halfway up to her knees. She's looking thoughtfully down at a shorthaired white kitten with a dark patch on its head which is is sitting up. in her lap. The kitten is looking off to the right at something out of frame and seems somewhat indignant.
Cats of Yore
1 month ago

The cat was teaching her how to knead, obviously. 1951. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://digitaltmuseum.se/021016130199/reportagebilder-hemma-hos-familjen-hoglund-i-norrkrange-by-i-soraker-reportaget

Black and white photo of a smiling white woman wearing a dark dress and white apron, standing in a kitchen and wiping out a metal dish. On a counter behind her is a braided loaf of bread. On her shoulder is perched a very cute longhaired white and black cat.