From the 1940s through the 1960s, the Alfred Mainzer Company of Long Island City, NY published a series of linen and photochrome humorous cat postcards illustrated by Eugen Hartung (1897–1973), sometimes referred to as "Mainzer Cats". These postcards normally illustrated settings that are filled with action, often with a minor disaster just about to occur. While the dressed cats were by far the most popular and most plentiful cards, Hartung also painted other dressed animals – primarily mice, dogs, and hedgehogs.
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One thing the internet has shown us, it is that few people can resist looking at images of cute animals. Turns out, it goes way back as these fascinating vintage photos show.
Take a walk down memory lane with these 21 vintage cat food ads! Some brands you'll recognize as popular foods still on shelves today. Others will ring no bells at all – and some will have you scratching your head – Carnation made cat food?!
Kurt Cobain was an animal lover and even considered opening a petting zoo. Kurt has said he liked cats over dogs because they don't care about anything that they don't find worth their time.
These photos sure make us miss those good old days...
Black and white makes everything look more professional and dignified.
If it's silliness you're after these funny cat memes could be just the thing for you.
Yesterday's Print is a cool page on tumblr which presents a collection of weird and funny old photographs, historic newspaper clippings and baffling headlines taken from the past. We have compiled the best ones concerning animals.
Before LOLCat, Grumpy Cat, Longcat, Nyan Cat, and all those other famed kitties of the internet age, there were the felines featured in the 1911 book, "Kittens and Cats: A First Reader". The book is a fantastical collection of eerily dressed feline, along with captions on each portrait. In the pages, we meet "Queen Cat", "Party Cat", Hero Cat", Dunce Cat", and more, taken by animal photographer Harry Whittier Frees. Awesome!
Via: Design You Trust
Those will sure make you question the way they lived in the past
Some of these postcards are a touch strange, others are fascinating glimpses into American culture between 1950 and 1975. All are taken from the single-serving tumblr "Bad Postcards," which offers vintage snail mail gems on a regular basis.
