Even in the 1870s, humans were obsessed with ridiculous photos of cats
This daguerreotype (catuerreotype?) dates from around 1840s

Little Girls Holding 2 Cats, the 1860s

Mark Twain with Kittens


Daguerreotype portrait of a man posing with a cat, c. 1840’s/1850’s.

Harry Pointer’s Brighton Cats

Herding cats is hard enough, but posing them? c. 1914




This is one of the oldest photographs of a cat ever taken

The Tiniest Member of the Royal Navy with His Pals, 1941

Proof That Bed Thieving Is Nothing New for Kitty Kind

The 1927 Story of a Paris Obstetrician and His Glasses-Wearing Cat

Sailor and Sea Kitties, 1910
