100 Old Photos Of Cats And The Stories Behind Them, As Shared By This Page (New Pics)

Superb mixed bean salad. Photo from a book in my collection: The Book of Kittens, edited by Brant House, 1951.

Mother, no. 1961.

Lil meowboy. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

Look at these cuties. Photo from my collection, no date, but the back says “Tiger and I on porch at home.”

Look at this muppet. “Mickey.” Photo from my collection, no date.

Vintage chonkus. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

Smol. Photo from my collection, 1966.

Another beautiful glass plate negative from my collection.

Brat of yore caught on film. Photos from my collection, 1969.

This is “Mittens” in 1955.

Look at this posh skrunkleton. Postcard from my collection, 1912.

“Sauve qui peu." This is a French phrase that translates literally to something like "save yourself who's able/can" and roughly equates to “run for your life!” or “every man for himself!”, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation/stampede.

Hello, beautiful. Photo from my collection.

Photo from my collection, 1972.

Glorious ruff! Photo from my collection, 1957. And P.S., just a reminder that beautiful mixed-breed long-haired tabbies exist and are actually quite common. We don't need to pretend that they're all Maine Coons or Siberians or Norwegian Forest cats.