PHOTO: Even in 1885, "cute kitten photos" were the order of the day

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/5229665560/



Kitten nestled in a bonnet

Maker: Unidentified

Title: Kitten nestled in a bonnet

Date: ca. 1885

[Skittles]

1. I hope he made it to the next century

:)

[Alexander]

2. Lolcats were actually created in the 1870s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat

"As early as the 1870s, British portrait photographer Harry Pointer created a carte de visite series featuring felines posed in various situations, to which he added amusing text intended to further enhance their appeal."

[Sanity Claws]

3. Those 19th Century kitties had better language skills

:)

[rurallib]

4. In the stacks of old (and I do mean old) magazines at the local university

I was showing my mentees around the u-library one day. One of the boys had a keen interest in WWII.
So we were looking at some 1940s era mags. One (I believe it was Time) had a small feature called 'Cat picture of the week.'
We had to chuckle.