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Twins & cat · Finland · 1920s

Ahti Rytkönen ~ Twin girls Tyyne and Aili and their cat Matti on the edge of a bed in a chimneyless cabin located in Jokilahti, Pielavesi, Finland, 1920s | src museovirasto
Ahti Rytkönen ~ Twin girls Tyyne and Aili and their cat Matti on the edge of a bed in a chimneyless cabin located in Jokilahti, Pielavesi, Finland, 1920s | src museovirasto
Detail from: Twin girls Tyyne and Aili and their cat Matti, 1920s | src museovirasto

Vivian Maier · on cats

Vivian Maier (1926-2009) ~ Cats in Window, ca. 1955. Gelatin silver print | src “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision”
Vivian Maier (1926-2009) ~ Animal Encounters, circa 1950s | src Heritage auctions: “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision”
Vivian Maier (1926-2009) ~ Shop Cat, 1950s | src Heritage auctions: “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision”
Detail from Cats in Window (circa 1955) by Vivian Maier | src Heritage auctions: “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision”

Cat portraits by Edward Weston

Edward H. Weston ~ Johnny [tortoise-shell cat on driftwood, plywood backdrop], 1944 or 1945 | src Sotheby’s & CCP
Edward H. Weston ~ Franky [cat in basket, right paw dangling downward], 1945 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Franky (?) [tabby cat lying in basket], 1945 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Franky [tabby cat lying on rough dark surface] 1945 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Mary [kitten on clock], 1945 | src CCP ~ University of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Marco Polo [cat on stool], 1944 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Jasmine and Marco Polo [two cats on driftwood], 1944 | src CCP ~ Univ. of Arizona
Edward H. Weston ~ Hank [tabby cat perched with front feet on edge of wheelbarrow, looking upward], 1945 | src CCP
Edward H. Weston ~ Jo-Jo and picture frame [cat in picture frame below large-leafed shrub, smaller foliage below], 1945 | src CCP

Colleagues keeping warm 1951

Pet Indian monkey named Josephine with its colleague Peter the cat, November 1951 | src getty images

Original caption on source: Miss Maria Chaliter, of Lowfield Heath, Crawley, Sussex, has advertised for a home for her 14 year old pet, an Indian monkey named Josephine. The owner has little time to devote to Josephine new she works on the land. During the day the monkey sits between a hot water bottle and paraffin stove to keep warm, with its colleague, Peter the cat. These pictures show the scene in the kitchen of Miss Chaliter’s home today with Josephine endeavouring to keep warm. November 1951.

Gunhild Englund portraits

Pictorialist portrait of Fritz Englund’s daughter ─ Gunhild Englund ─ with a kitten, 1902 | src The Finnish Museum of Photography
Fritz Englund (1870–1950) ~ Gunhild, 1903. Suomen valokuvataiteen museon kokoelma. Scan from Piktorialismi, published by the Finnish Museum of Photography & Parus (Front cover & page 78)