Studio portrait of five kittens on a pedestal, probably taken in Compton’s Photo Studio in Brigham City, Utah. Between 1895 and 1925. Source: Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, via Mountain West Digital Library.

Postcard, 1923. Source: janwillemsen on Flickr.

William James Topley: Pattie, E. Miss & Cat. Ottawa, Ontario; September 1873. Source: Library and Archives Canada.

kattenkaarten131 by roger.laute on Flickr.

nypl:

Today’s Caturday comes from legendary writer Robert Louis Stevenson (sort of) - it’s a photomechanical print depicting his poem “The Land Of Counterpane.” Note the adorable kitten on the end of the bed trying to cheer up the little boy, who is sick in bed and playing with his toy soldiers. The print by artist C.M. Burd is currently in the Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection (a collection Andy Warhol used, by the way) and was originally in a book of Stevenson’s Children’s Verses (likely from 1913, although it’s not totally clear). So happy Caturday! Love Robert Louis Stevenson? Check out some of his writing from NYPL! Or, if you want to do some serious research, the Library’s Berg Collection has some of Robert Louis Stevenson’s papers. Cool, right?

Cat Number One is all, “Oh SNAP.”

Portrait of two funny cats, undated. Source: Corbis.

maudelynn:

Nursing a Best Friend

(via vintagepussies)

Little girl taking kitten with red bow out of gift box, 1950s. Source: Corbis.

One of Leonard Weisgard’s illustrations for a gorgeous 1949 edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. (Via Brain Pickings.)

Black cat and spaniel, HMS ‘Barham’ (ca. 1916) by National Maritime Museum on Flickr.