A swimming pool in the shape of a cat at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, c. 1955. Photographed by Slim Aarons
It was a sunny summer afternoon, July 29, 1925. Harry Warnecke, a photographer for the New York News, got a phone tip that a cat trying to carry its kittens home was tying up traffic because a policeman had stopped the cars on a busy street (Centre Street) to allow it to cross. Warnecke arrived after the event was over, but he convinced the policeman and cat’s owner to allow him to recreate the scene. Despite the policeman’s initial reluctance, the cat’s inclination to cross the street diagonally instead of in front of the cars, and furious honking motorists, Warnecke finally got his shot — after three attempts. (x)
Kittens play in a jack-o-lantern in Madison, WI, 1965
“Puss in Boots” (1954) - Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch
Marceline and Alice Day - c. 1920s
Pluto is found guilty of cat chasing in Walt Disney’s Pluto’s Judgement Day (1935)
Kim Novak playing with some Siamese cats who performed with her in “Bell, Book and Candle.”. 1958 Photography by Eliot Elisofon
