In the 1870s, Harry Pointer, a photographer from the southern British city of Brighton, became famous for taking card portraits of cats. As a photographer, Berndt initially took common photographs of cats sleeping in baskets or drinking milk, just like everyone else, but around 1870, he first began to add various props to the photos, and to capture the specific poses of the cats and add some humor to the photos. He may have been one of the first accomplished pet cat photographers, and by 1884 Berndt had published more than 200 photographs in the album The Brighton Cats.
At the beginning of the last century, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) declared that August 8 of each year is International Cat Love Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the holiday for human feline friends, and it is not too much to get more attention for cats. Here are old photos of a group of cats found in old archives, trends and technologies may change, but cats will never go out of style.
The original caption of this photo was written on March 23, 1959: Cat World Star. A cat that can play the piano, a music-loving cat from Worcester Park in England, sings alongside his 15-year-old hostess, Marion Holland, when she plays the piano.
Photographed on September 5, 1951, during the Eastwood Pet Parade in New South Wales, Australia.
The farmer plays the guitar on his porch as his children and cat huddle in the doorway in the fall of 1940 somewhere in Natchetosh, Louisiana.
In January 1989, actress Sandy Lee Sandy Dennis is in her kitchen, and these are just some of her cats.
A photograph of a woman with her cat at the C.M Bell Photography Studio in Washington, D.C., taken between 1894 and 1901.
The actor sits in a modified car in a pantomime suit to advertise black cat brand cigarettes, which was filmed circa 1915.
A portrait of Mark Twain with a ceramic cat craft on his lap. Twain is a well-known cat lover, with more than 12 pet cats at its peak. One of his most famous remarks about cats is: "If a person can fellowship with a cat, that person will grow, but the cat will suffer." ”
U.S. Navy officer Benjamin Fink is holding The Tiger, the pet cat of Calvin Coolidge, who was president of the United States at the time. The cat was once lost from the White House, but was eventually found and returned by Fink in time. Photographed on March 25, 1924
Albert Schweitzer (French philosopher, musician, and doctor, winner of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize) and his friends write at the table.
Sydney, Australia, a World War II soldier kisses goodbye before leaving, and their cat, Bobbie.
A white cat living on the support of the Bridge Tower of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is welcoming visitors here (text on the building: Sydney is at your feet), in January 1957.
Crew members aboard the Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Hermione surround the ship's kitten Corvette, photographed somewhere in the Mediterranean in 1941.
Considered a portrait of an "aristocratic style", taken in Sydney, 1906. Image source: Imgur
During the "Bombing of London" in World War II, a domestic cat was packed in a box.
British rhythm blues singer Long John Baldry plays guitar at home with his pet cat on August 31, 1973, in the north part of London.
In 1990, Armando Acosta directed Romeo and Juliet, starring British actor John Hurt, which also featured 120 wildcats from New York, Venice and the Belgian city of Ghent. The photo was taken at director Acosta's home, sitting in front of a fireplace with his 4 pet cats.
Alice Stacy, 91, with her pet cat Mischief and her pet dog Good Boy, dolce 25, 1988, in the town of Dolchester. At the time, her community was working on a relocation plan, with the vast majority of the 350 residents objecting, and Stacy fearing that the relocation would have to be separated from her pets.
One day in March 1951, British radio host Jack Jackson took his cat ,"Tiddles", to the studio to produce a show. Jackson used a variety of techniques in his radio hosting career to increase the atmosphere of humor, which had a huge impact on later generations of radio programs.