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1880-First known picture of a cat (Original Post)
packman
Oct 2018
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Even back then, there was one way to get a cat to stay put for a picture ... nt
eppur_se_muova
Oct 2018
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)1. Looks like my little Puff!
Beautiful! Thanks for posting!
Cattledog
(5,918 posts)2. The first photographic images were made in 1826.
The first daguerreotype of a cat was 1840.
eppur_se_muova
(36,281 posts)5. Even back then, there was one way to get a cat to stay put for a picture ... nt
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. "This is pointless, human. There is no internet yet."
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)7. LOL!!!!
Freddie
(9,273 posts)4. Beautiful
Thats what Persians looked like before they started breeding them for those ugly (IMO) mushed-in faces.
mucifer
(23,559 posts)6. First cat video by Thomas Edison 1894
dgauss
(882 posts)8. Where's the top hat and monocle? Still pretty good though.
Rhiannon12866
(205,861 posts)9. That is one photogenic kitty!
Donkees
(31,450 posts)10. A daguerreotype portrait of a man posing with a cat from the 1840's/1850's