Notices by Cats of Yore (catsofyore@varmint.town)

Lavinia Dickinson (sister of Emily) with cat. Her smile is radiant! 💗 1896. https://digitalamherst.org/items/show/1989

I’m in ur sink, questioning ur decor choices. Photo from my collection, ca. 1960s.

Noir goddess. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Superb photobomb from my collection - no date or other info known.

French playwright and novelist Françoise Sagan with editor. https://www.vanityfair.fr/culture/voir-lire/diaporama/les-10-ans-de-la-mort-de-francoise-sagan/5845#les-10-ans-de-la-mort-de-francoise-sagan-5

From Jenny and the Cat Club, written and illustrated by Esther Averill. 1958.

Snug. ☺️ From April’s Kittens, written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry. 1940. https://archive.org/details/aprilskitten0000unse/mode/1up

This cat is my role model. Cute. Scrungly. Radiant with joy and unburdened by thoughts of any kind. From A Name for Kitty - written by Phyllis McGinley and illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky. 1948.

✨ From Jenny and the Cat Club, written and illustrated by Esther Averill. 1958.

Boop! From The Wonderful World of Cats, illustrated by Leonard Shortall. 1961.

QUEEN SHIT. 👑 From Dunigan’s Tortoise-shell Cat, or, The Life of Queen Tab and her Kitten, 1850. https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-PN970_A1_D865_1800z-987/page/n7/mode/1up

Kip, the Enchanted Cat. A chapter in Golden Books’ The Fairy Tale Book with illustrations by Adrienne Segur. 1958.

Illustration from The Cat Who Went to Sea by Kathryn and Byron Jackson, pictures by Aurelius Battaglia. 1950.

This is my answer to “where do you see yourself in five years?” Ca. 1898. https://digitaltmuseum.org/0210113955988/marie-schjoll-fodt-nokleberg-ca-1830-gift-med-sakforer-carl-schjoll-som

Emo girls. 1937. https://www.nb.no/items/cc982188e6de86a6cbfe7e40052d9213?page=0&searchText=katt

Here’s our jack o’lantern for the cats this year: The Dreaded Cone!

Before the internet kittens had to call everyone individually to explain how small and cute they were. Ca. 1920 - 1935. https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/597342

“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a “lassoo” from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205357526

Cat’s’ Nap. 1979. https://arthur.io/art/jacques-hnizdovsky/cats-nap

My favorite local museum has this painting in their collection but it is NEVER on display. Every year we ask and every year it's still languishing in storage. Criminal. Thinking of starting a strongly worded petition. Unknown artist, 1883.