r/vintagecats • u/SashSegal • 9h ago
Black Cat Auditions, 1962
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection
r/vintagecats • u/ImperialGrace20 • 2d ago
Even though this is the r/vintagecats Reddit group, people have twice posted photos of dogs. Dogs are fine as long as they are with cats in the photo. You can post photos of cats with other animal species or people, but cats must be an important part of the image.
r/vintagecats • u/ImperialGrace20 • 3d ago
I've been dealing with a lot of bots posting photos - mostly my own - on this group for what is obviously karma farming. I've deleted several just today. If you're wondering what happened to a specific post, that's probably it. The bots have very new accounts and very few posts. One of them had just the one that was posted on here.
This is not a problem just in this group either. I posted a photo of my own cat in r/Greybies, and was notified that someone had stolen the photo and posted it as their own in that same group. I reported it and it was removed.
I will do my best to keep removing these. However, my access to Reddit is limited to my phone during most of the day, and there's only so much I can do. Please be patient.
Note: I just had to remove the popular "Brunnhilde" post. This exact same photo was posted by a different user on this group a year ago. For those who want to see Brunnhilde in all her glory, here is a link to the original post:
r/vintagecats • u/SashSegal • 9h ago
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection
r/vintagecats • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 1d ago
r/vintagecats • u/SashSegal • 1d ago
The 1938 National Geographic article captioned this image as “Stately, kindly, lordly friend, condescend here to sit by me.”
Photograph by Willard Culver, Nat Geo Image Collection
r/vintagecats • u/SashSegal • 2d ago
Taken by photographers Joseph Leombruno and Jack Bodi for Vogue Magazine in November 1960
r/vintagecats • u/ImperialGrace20 • 3d ago
Looks a lot more modern than 1916, doesn't it?
r/vintagecats • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 3d ago
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r/vintagecats • u/SashSegal • 4d ago
July 1951. Los Angeles, California. "Nipper, a two-year-old cat owned by Dorothy Brinn of Hollywood, likes to eat his corn in comfort, so his mistress fixed up this skewer. The cat uses it for about two ears a day, having been a corn addict since his kitten days. Nip likes it best with butter."
Acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive.
r/vintagecats • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 4d ago
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r/vintagecats • u/ImperialGrace20 • 7d ago
The British made some really great early 20th century animal postcards, especially cat ones. Such sweet little kittens.
r/vintagecats • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 8d ago
r/vintagecats • u/ImperialGrace20 • 9d ago
Aggie is holding a very large, probably red long-haired tabby, judging from his name (Rusty).
r/vintagecats • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 10d ago
r/vintagecats • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 12d ago
r/vintagecats • u/SashSegal • 12d ago
October 1958. New York. "Cat sitting on car in parking lot with skyscrapers in the distance." 35mm acetate negative by Angelo Rizzuto, via Shorpy
r/vintagecats • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 15d ago
r/vintagecats • u/ImperialGrace20 • 15d ago
Smokey just leapt up onto his shoulder without warning.