As regular visitors to the blog know, I love old pictures of pets almost as much as people in the past loved taking pictures of them. I have just heaps sitting around waiting to be shared. Today, a small start on that!
I couldn't decide whether to post cats or dogs... so here's both!
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| Alfred Eisenstaedt, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Dog walkers in Central Park, NYC, 1964. Source
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| Library of Congress |
A woman with a "smoke Persian" cat, c. 1910. Source
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| Ralph Crane, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A Siamese cat nuzzling poet Rod McKuen as he plays a record, San Francisco, 1967. Source
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| University of Washington Libraries |
A woman and dog on a porch, Washington State, ca. 1915. Source
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| Alfred Eisenstaedt, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Comedian Imogene Coca wearing her cat as a scarf, NYC, 1951. Source
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| Nationaal Archief |
A woman with a calf and matching dog, the Netherlands, no date. Source
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| Nina Leen, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A cat reflected through a glass, 1963. Source
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| Allan Grant, LIFE © Time Inc. |
The poodle of actress June Havoc buried in the sand, 1950. Source
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| State Library and Archives Florida |
A little boy with a little donkey and big dog, Florida, 1950. Source
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| Francis Miller, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Beagle puppies belonging to President Johnson, 1964-68. Source
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| State Library of New South Wales |
A little girl with a terrier, Australia, ca. 1935. Source
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| Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library |
An ambrotype of a cat, ca. 1866-68. Source
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| Australian National Maritime Museum |
A baby and dog on a ship, Australia, ca. 1910. Source
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| Grey Villet, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A cat in the front gondola during Operation Stratolab [says the caption; I don't know what this is], South Dakota, 1956. Source
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| Nina Leen, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A man saying hello to a cat on the sidewalk, US, 1946. Source
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| Ralph Crane, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A line-up of black cats for an audition in Hollywood, 1961. Source
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| State Library of New South Wales |
A little girl with two Alsatians, 1934. Source
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| Ed Clark, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A boy and his dog, 1955. Source
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| LIFE archives © Time Inc. |
A young woman holding a kitten, no date. Source
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| Nina Leen, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Puppies in a box, no date. Source
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| Peter Stackpole, LIFE © Time Inc. |
A 13-year-old Elizabeth Taylor with her dogs, 1945. Source
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| Peter Stackpole, LIFE © Time Inc. |
And 13-year-old Liz Taylor with one of her cats, 1945. Source
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| State Library and Archives Florida |
Florida Secretary of State H. Clay Crawford with dog in front of the state capitol, Tallahassee, Florida, ca. 1905. Source
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| Nickolas Muray, George Eastman House |
A cat and her kittens, for the cover of McCall Homemaking Magazine, 1942. Source
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| Alfred Eisenstaedt, LIFE © Time Inc. |
Dogs of the Boston Fire Department, no date. Source
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| LIFE © Time Inc. |
One of Ernest Hemingway's cats walking across a messy table, Cuba, 1955. Source
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