Regardless of age, cats have always seemed to be around people, even if they are lurking in the shadows. Nowadays, with the internet nearly breaking from the number of cat pictures and videos uploaded daily, we are exposed to their quirkiness and odd habits like never before.
However, that doesn’t mean that those characteristics were never noticed before or discovered just recently. A Twitter account by the name of “Cats of Yore” collects old photographs of cats and serves as a time machine for those of us who are willing to witness the history of these fur balls.
With all of that out of the way, scroll down to see how cats were photographed throughout history!
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#1
“Two convicted murderers of Folsom State Prison rescued a baby linnet and a newborn kitten from hunger and malnutrition and nursed them back to health. The cat and bird live in the prison’s print shop in complete harmony.” 1936.
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#2
A boy and his baby-cat. 1956.
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#3
Priest and kitten, 1954.
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#4
All hail this proto-goth queen, 1962.
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#5
Nadine Dennis with her cat, film star Puzzums. Ca. 1930.
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#6
“Just we two” Postcard from my collection. Copyright 1907, mailed 1909.
This photo is by C.E. Bullard, my favorite of the Victorian/Edwardian cat photographers. He seemed to genuinely love cats and he didn’t cram them into stiff costumes or strap them into uncomfortable anthropomorphic positions.
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#7
Cat in a Dublin pub (1966).
Photo by Evelyn Hofer.
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#8
“Survivor of Fountain of the World headquarters bombing Jesse Vezina sleeps with her cat in front of the fireplace, 1958.”
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#9
Gorgeous little historical blep, ca. 1930s.
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#10
Top secret kitten lab, 1975.
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#11
Kitten yelling for lunch, I think! Ca. 1900.
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#12
Adoptable kitten in 1952.
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#13
Mary Pickford. 1916.
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#14
“Henri Matisse with cat curled between his legs, working from his bed” 1949.
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#15
I love this photo so much. The cat is completely unconcerned that the woman is doing some kind of complicated weaving work and just jammed itself into her lap. Ca. 1923.
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#16
Cat named Hep getting a private performance. 1946.
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#17
Whenever I see a photo like this I like to think they set out to do a portrait in the chair but the cat took over and nobody was willing to move it. Ca. 1910s.
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#18
Joan Collins tends to a tiny kitten, ca. 1957.
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#19
“Self portrait with a kitten” 1959.
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#20
Young lady smoking pipe with cat friend. Ca. 1905.
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#21
I would go anywhere with him, no questions asked. 1929.
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#22
Why do cats put up with us? 1937.
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#23
“Wandering cat looks disturbed as she was rudely awakened early today when Valley Times photographers came to work. The buff-colored feline apparently slipped into photo lab last night, slept, and then sneaked out when offices opened.” 1960.
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#24
Soldier with photobombing sleepy cat. 1915.
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#25
I don’t mean to judge but they look like bad tippers to me. 19th century.
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#26
“Plain alley cats get a chance to act at Barnes zoo at Culver City, Cal. are being taught circus tricks, and will have mastered stunts that will surprise when the show hits the road this summer.” 1925.
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#27
Young women walking their cats. 1929.
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#28
Cat, Sinbad, supervising Britt Lomond and his wife Dianne working on new script. 1961.
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#29
This little one was not giving interviews. 1978.
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