A Living History Cat from 1913

Wordless Wednesday

A cat joins in on re-enacting domestic life in colonial times.

Detail from the photo “Colonial Houses—Three Chums.”

31 May 1913.

Photographer: Wallace Nutting (1861–1941).

Via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

No re-enactment of a hearth scene would be complete without

a cat napping near the fire.

Detail from the photo “Colonial Houses—Fireside Fancier.

31 May 1913.

Photographer: Wallace Nutting (1861–1941).

Via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.