"Vintage Cat Faces" On Tumblr Brings On The Nostalgic Spirit

Contrary to what the internet might have you believe, taking pictures of cats is not a new obsession. 

Since the dawn of photography, people with cameras have been aiming them at their cats. 

Tumblr page, Vintage cat faces, is taking us on a trip through the archives to find some cat photos from way back when, to show that a.) our collective love affair with cat pictures is an old one, and b.) the cats of the olden days were also very cute.

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    Nat Farbman

    Snapshot
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    Soldier’s goodbye & Bobbie the cat, 1939-1945 by Sam Hood

    Photograph
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    Vintage French postcard, 1913

    Text - Torte Veine REPUBUOUE FRANÇAISE POSTES
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    Betty Crocker recipe for Black Cat Cupcakes, 1967

    Baking cup - qumdrop Black Cat Cupcakes Prepare and bake cupcakes as directed on 1 package of any flavor of our Tayer cake mixes except toffee swirl or marble Prepare frosting as directed on 1 package of our fluffy white frosting mix Add 1 or 2 drops of red and 1 or 2 drops of yellow food coloring to the white frosting. Frost cooled cupcakes with the orange frosting. Slice a 1-inch black gumdrop into 3 pieces, as shown. Use small rounded end slice for head; use largest slice for body. Cut ears a
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    artha Kitt and kitty, 1950s

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    Echoes from Storyland. New York: McLoughlin Brothers (1880s)

    Illustration - When Mintz and Mauntz, the cats, saw this, They said "Oh, naughty, naughty Miss !" And stretched their claws, And raised their paws; * 'Tis very, very wrong, you know; Me-ow, me-oh, me-ow, me-oh !
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    Jean-Jaques Bachelier: Angora Cat, 1761

    Cat
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    The portrait painter. “i’ll paint your portrait with great pleasure, and it will prove a real art treasure.” Louis wain (1909)

    Illustration - LovisWain THE PORTRAIT PAINTER. " Ill paint your portrait with great pleasure, And it will prove a real Art Treasure."
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    Louis wain’s summer book 1906

    Text - LOUIS WAIN's SUMMER BOOK 1906. GOOD BYE,WE ARE OFF.! KINGond SON. ORCHARD HOUSE.2 and 9tSMITH ST WESTMINSTER.S.W
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