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Portrait of historian Mary Lou Norwood with her cat "Sidney", Tallahassee, Florida. Photographed in October 1966.

Portrait of historian Mary Lou Norwood with her cat "Sidney", Tallahassee, Florida. Photographed in October 1966.

u/shewasajanuarygirl — 2 days ago

Three Farm Children with Cat and a Bicycle - Dorothea Lange, August 1939

This photo was officially cataloged as "Three of the four Arnold children, Michigan Hill". It features three of the four Arnold family's children: Hazel, Irving, Norma, and Charles, along with their pet cat. They resided in Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington. Like many of her Farm Security Administration (FSA) works, this image was intended to document rural living conditions. The original negatives and archival prints are preserved and accessible through the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

u/SashSegal — 2 days ago

Cats in Vogue, December 1955 Issue

This issue featured notable cat photography captured by the studio Leombruno-Bodi.

Resort news: black and white shoes

Puss in slippers, very clever cats, these, picking the news in resort shoes to step into...

u/SashSegal — 3 days ago

Mrs. Hofstra, president of the Atlantic Cat Club, and her cat, Laddie Loupin, who had won the Best in Show award at the 1906 Madison Square Garden Cat Show. The photo was taken by American photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals

u/shewasajanuarygirl — 4 days ago
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I found this photo of a young woman with a fabulous hat holding an orange tabby nearly 30 years ago, and still love it.

u/Skukesgohome — 5 days ago

Sophie Calle, The Sleepers (Les dormeurs),1979

Gelatin silver print, MoMA, Floor 4, the David Geffen Galleries

u/SashSegal — 6 days ago

Mr. Spock with Black Cat, 1968

Star Trek: The Original Series

Season 2, Episode 26 Assignment: Earth; March 1968

u/SashSegal — 7 days ago

Tabby Kittens - My Love and I (British - 1900s-1910s)

A cute little pair of tabbies. I buy a lot of these postcards from a pair of British sellers on etsy. They have some very nice and unusual postcards.

u/ImperialGrace20 — 7 days ago

My father with his mother's cat (December 1956)

She also had a dachshund and both pets figured in a lot of family photos from this period.

u/ImperialGrace20 — 10 days ago