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eShirl

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Sun May 18, 2014, 09:45 AM May 2014

"Cats and Dogs Dressed as People, 100 Years Ago" (The Atlantic magazine)

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/05/cats-and-dogs-dressed-as-people-100-years-ago/100736/

I never thought I'd publish a photo essay of cute kittens and puppies... but here it is. I mean, look at them -- these amazingly sharp photographs of kittens and pups are a century old, but their humor and appeal is timeless, as the Internet has proven again and again. Photographer Harry Whittier Frees, born in 1879, began a career in cute-animal photography in 1906, building out a small studio to produce postcards, calendars, and children's books. While I was researching World War I events on the Library of Congress website, I stumbled across a collection of Frees's work from June of 1914, and just had to share. The LOLcat is not a new phenomenon. [15 photos]


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"Cats and Dogs Dressed as People, 100 Years Ago" (The Atlantic magazine) (Original Post) eShirl May 2014 OP
U too skinny, Grammaw make u somethin shenmue May 2014 #1
Find of the day! nomorenomore08 May 2014 #2
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