CatsOfYore

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Happy 4/20! I don't personally partake but I've got no problem with others doing so. I hope you celebrate safely and joyfully! 🍃💨 Ca. 1915 (I researched the specific newspaper issue she's holding and it is Le Miroir from August 15, 1915). https://flic.kr/p/6q6aXc

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

It's national Cat Lady Day, so I hope all you cat ladies have a wonderful day! Here's my favorite cat lady from my collection. She just looks so fed up with everyone and everything except the precious potato babby.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Look at this glorious snow cloud. A superb vintage postcard that a wonderful bluesky follower mailed to me from Sweden!

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Marveling at the miracle of puff. Photo from my collection, no documented info.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Hanging out with the favorite child. ❤️ Photo from my collection, no documented info.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Absolutely fantastic photo sent to me by instagram follower www.instagram.com/sw4gmag1ck. She didn't know much about it, just that the man was "one of my irish relatives in Pennsylvania a few years after immigrating".

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Fiendish pal from The Cat whose Whiskers Slipped and Other Stories by Ruth Campbell, illustrated by Ve Elizabeth Cadie. 1938.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Hello friend. 😊 Photo from my collection, no documented info.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Cover of The Cat Who Loved the Sea by Rhoda Goldstein, illustrated by Len Ebert. 1968. https://archive.org/details/catwholovedsea0000rhod/mode/2up

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

"Mr. Cat registers annoyance." From More Mr. Cat and a Bit of Amber Too by George Freedley, illustrated by Victor J. Dowling.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Illustration from Joey Goes to Sea by Alan Villiers and illustrated by Victor J. Dowling, 1939.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

I got the most wonderful surprise in the mail - vintage cat postcards from a generous bluesky follower in Sweden! They even thoughtfully wrote out translations for the writing on the back. 🥰 I am so excited and grateful!

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Kip, the Enchanted Cat. A story in Golden Books’ The Fairy Tale Book with illustrations by Adrienne Segur. 1958.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Look at this beauty. ❤️ A stained glass piece by my friend Emily, inspired by the medieval Old Gaelic poem, Pangur Bán. It was by a monk who would work tirelessly at his studies as his cat, Pangur Bán, faithfully hunted mice. She doesn't have a website for her work yet but if you are on Bluesky you can follow her there, @stonkers.bsky.social.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Illustration by Eileen Mayo for Best Cat Stories, edited by Michael Joseph, 1952.

CatsOfYore, 1 month ago to random

Illustration from The Cat Who Went to Sea by Kathryn and Byron Jackson, pictures by Aurelius Battaglia. 1950.

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

Illustration from Timid Timothy: The Kitten Who Learned to be Brave. By Gweneira Williams, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. 1944.

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

An instagram follower very kindly and generously contacted me because her grandfather passed away recently and she was able to see his photo albums - there were lots of cats! She asked if I wanted to see and of courses I said yes. This is her grandmother and she think it dates to around 1960.

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

Evelyn Nesbit with beautiful friend, 1901. https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:47171988$22i

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

Relatable: trying to take a nice photo with an uncooperative cat. 1923. https://www.nb.no/items/d07e4c00a3e0bfb74b9f8c8ef7f7848e?page=0

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

That girl thinks she’s the queen of the neighborhood. I got news for you: SHE IS. Photo from my collection, undated.

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

I love it when I can find sets of photos showing the special relationship between a human and their cat. This is a new set I just got today, ca. 1950s.

Black and white photo of the same cat and boy from the previous photograph. This time the cat is sitting on the edge of a table and the boy is standing next to it, his head leaning affectionately into the cat's side.

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

Cutest couple. 🏆 https://rockinghamlibrary.org/history/items/show/12487#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-1608%2C-1%2C5480%2C2959

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

One of my favorite weird cat guys: Le Chat d'Ostende. George Catlin, 1868. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1792198

CatsOfYore, 2 months ago to random

This photo was sold to me as being “ca. 1960s” but it’s definitely not. Gorgeous cat and picture but I could guess by the colors and the detail that it was 1980s, and confirmed when I got it with the watermark on the back. It was only used by Kodak on their Ektacolor papers between 1985 - 1989. 🤷🏻‍♀️