tail puller by the ghost of me on Flickr.

Postcard from 1905.

[Baby seated with cat] by SMU Central University Libraries on Flickr.

Paul H. Naschke, ca. 1890-1894. From the Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection, Galveston, Texas. Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library.

Noire et Blanche; Indécision (1904) by postaletrice on Flickr.

Vintage photographic postcard, circulated in 1904, undivided back, published by “Le bon éditeur” (sic), Paris, France.

© Casas-Rodríguez Collection, 2009. Some rights reserved.

yourcatwasdelicious:

elizabeth taylor

As if you didn’t need a picture of a baby and a kitten with a pink backdrop today.

hautecatture:

(photographer unknown, 1950s)

Did folks groom cats with paintbrushes back then or something?

George Silk, Los Angeles cat show, 1952. Source: LIFE Photo Archive, hosted by Google.

vintagetails:

The kid blamed everything on JJ. No. C60.

Found photo with no ID.

Shhh… by arthurvankruining on Flickr.

1956 calendar illustration

From THE ILLUSTRATED CAT

From The Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale by Jack Kent, 1971. Via Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves.

legrandcirque:

Ludwig Angerer, Crown Prince Rudolf von Oesterreich-Ungarn, Austria, 1863.

(via vintagetails)