A selection of funny and amusing photos with cats that will cheer you up (21 photos)

Time passes, trends change, but the fashion for cats and dogs seems eternal.





A milkmaid feeds a cat straight from a cow's udder. USA, 1921.

She fed him and washed his face. The milkmaid is wearing high heels and a concert dress. Back then, photos were taken once or twice in a lifetime. You can dress up for such an occasion.



Monumental cat. Rome, 1959.

The cat sits there looking like he's a feline Mussolini.





Photographer: Elliott Erwitt

Six-year-old cat Thomas and his owner Hilda John. England, 1977.

He weighed almost 19 kilograms. The poor cat is obese, which is why he looks like a cartoon character. Apparently his owner thinks that fat means healthy...



A margay kitten, New York, 1961.

The long-tailed cat, also known as the margay, is a species of small South American cat. A distant relative of the predatory ocelot.



Photographer: Albert Fenn

Sigma Keystone Paris, 1989.

First I'll give you a ride, then you give me a ride, okay?

This funny photo has long been a popular meme on the Internet and makes users smile. The comical frame conveys a friendly confrontation between two popular pets and becomes the subject of jokes and parodies on the Internet.



Poet Rod McKuen with his Thai cats, 1967.

A lovely breed, soft as fluff fur, talkative, tolerant even of children's merciless treatment, attached to the owner, like little dogs.



Photographer: Ralph Crane

Kitten on a fallen Christmas tree, 1945.

The original plan was to photograph the kitten on a standing tree. We didn't have time... Cats value familiar surroundings, and a tree in the house is something new that arouses interest. That's why most of them are always interested in conquering this coniferous, unexplored mountain with sparkles.



Photographer: Harold M. Lambert

Head in Milk, 1955.



Woman with Cats, 1912.

This image is from a photo postcard, circa 1912. It was included in the book by Arnold Arluk and Robert Bogdan "Beauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relationships Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935.

Taking pictures with your pets, as we see, was also popular 100 years ago.



Cat Lady. USA, 1960s.

As of 2023, the United States ranks first in the number of domestic cats - 76.5 million individuals. China ranks second - 53 million cats.



Street cats wait for fishermen to return. Greece, 1970s.



A cat attacks its reflection, 1964.

Photo by famous photographer Walter Chandohi. Throughout his career, he actively photographed cats and took hundreds of funny pictures. His photographs have been used on the covers of over 300 magazines and in thousands of advertisements.



Photo: Walter Chandoha

Anemones, 1976.



Photographer: Galina Lukyanova

Sailor and his cats. USA, 1910.



My sweet cat, 1978.



Photographer: Masahisa Fukase

New York, 1950s.



Cat with a friend, 1954.



Photographer: Leon Levinstein

Cat under the tree, 1920s.



Family portrait. Lubeck, Germany, 1950.



Cats looking at fish. Iceland, 1980.



Photographer: Pentti Sammallahti