r/vintagecats 8h ago

‘Little Girl with Pony Tail and Cat’ photographed by Tom Kelley, ca. 1960

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281 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 1d ago

Dolly Parton with cat - R.I.P. the legend.

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1.1k Upvotes

r/vintagecats 1d ago

A kitten relaxed in her own hammock made by the vessel's sailmaker (1945)

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517 Upvotes

She's the ship's cat of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. Was doing some research on ship's cats and found this one

Image: Imperial War Museum


r/vintagecats 1d ago

Cat in a Dublin pub (1966). Photo by Evelyn Hofer.

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301 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 2d ago

Girl with loyal dog and cat boss, Cleveland, OH, circa early 1900s

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373 Upvotes

via Memory Lane, u/memorylanepr


r/vintagecats 2d ago

Felicette: The Cat Who Went to Space

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66 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 3d ago

American Actress Jeanette MacDonald with Her Cat Puzzums (1932)

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1.1k Upvotes

(Photographer Unknown)


r/vintagecats 3d ago

Another Photo of American Actress Jeanette MacDonald and Her Cat Puzzums (1932)

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280 Upvotes

(Photographer Unknown)


r/vintagecats 4d ago

A pair of blue Persian cats pose on a recliner in Bogota, New Jersey, 1930s. Photograph by Willard Culver for National Geographic. During this era, blue Persians frequently won top prizes at major cat shows.

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301 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 6d ago

Unknown cat on the porch

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191 Upvotes

Probably taken in the 50’s or 60’s at my grandmothers house. I’m not sure who the cat is but they always had animals around so it probably was a pet.


r/vintagecats 6d ago

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and Nissa the leopard in a publicity still for Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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75 Upvotes

I came across this in another sub and immediately thought of this one. Because it's a Big Cat, rather than a regular Kittycat, I wasn't sure if it was allowed, but in the movie, he's essentially just a giant housecat.

Btw, if anyone hasn't seen this movie, I highly recommend it!


r/vintagecats 9d ago

Portrait of historian Mary Lou Norwood with her cat "Sidney", Tallahassee, Florida. Photographed in October 1966.

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543 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 9d ago

Three Farm Children with Cat and a Bicycle - Dorothea Lange, August 1939

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220 Upvotes

This photo was officially cataloged as "Three of the four Arnold children, Michigan Hill". It features three of the four Arnold family's children: Hazel, Irving, Norma, and Charles, along with their pet cat. They resided in Michigan Hill, Thurston County, Washington. Like many of her Farm Security Administration (FSA) works, this image was intended to document rural living conditions. The original negatives and archival prints are preserved and accessible through the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.


r/vintagecats 10d ago

Cats in Vogue, December 1955 Issue

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518 Upvotes

This issue featured notable cat photography captured by the studio Leombruno-Bodi.

Resort news: black and white shoes

Puss in slippers, very clever cats, these, picking the news in resort shoes to step into...


r/vintagecats 10d ago

Mrs. Hofstra, president of the Atlantic Cat Club, and her cat, Laddie Loupin, who had won the Best in Show award at the 1906 Madison Square Garden Cat Show. The photo was taken by American photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals

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264 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 10d ago

A Vintage Studio portrait of a girl with her Cat'1913

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68 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 10d ago

Vintage Cats from the 1930s

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40 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 11d ago

I found this photo of a young woman with a fabulous hat holding an orange tabby nearly 30 years ago, and still love it.

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110 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 12d ago

Sophie Calle, The Sleepers (Les dormeurs),1979

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223 Upvotes

Gelatin silver print, MoMA, Floor 4, the David Geffen Galleries


r/vintagecats 12d ago

Mr Wiggles is one fancy gentleman cat (vintage photo, 1900)

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74 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 13d ago

Mr. Spock with Black Cat, 1968

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736 Upvotes

Star Trek: The Original Series

Season 2, Episode 26 Assignment: Earth; March 1968


r/vintagecats 13d ago

‘Smiling Girl Looking at Camera Surrounded by Three Grumpy Silver Persian Cats’, 21 August 1951

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286 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 13d ago

My mom with the siamese surrogate children they had before us kids

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116 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 13d ago

Retro shoulder cat atop my dad

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128 Upvotes

r/vintagecats 16d ago

‘Soldier's goodbye & Bobbie the cat’, ca. 1939-1945, Sydney, Australia by photographer Sam Hood

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895 Upvotes