Marvel at These Vintage Publicly Available Photographs of Cats From the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress houses an extensive library of public domain images that can be used for anything, including commercial purposes. And from time to time they collect small collections from their database of over 800,000 photographs, prints and drawings . The library has collected 28 thematic collections of images , including an adorable collection of antique photographs and drawings of cats . Here are some of our favorite old cats.
“Treat them rudely!” – reads this American military poster , on which, unfortunately, cats are not recruited.
In this war photo, an Idaho farm cat is drinking frothing fresh milk:
Brünhilde is a 1930s cat dressed like a Viking, which, unfortunately, is not a war photo:
Teague, the Coolidge family cat, once fled the White House and wandered around DC until the man, Navy guard Benjamin Fink, found him.
Other image collections in the Library include colorful posters , children’s books , African American Changeable Women, and dogs . You can find hundreds of other cat images by searching the library directory .
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