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Cute vintage photos of pets pretending to be people that prove Americans have always loved their fur babies

Cute Vintage Photos of Pets Pretending to Be People

Long before the digital age, Americans were already obsessed with putting pets in people’s clothes, and photographers were busy posing kittens in classrooms and puppies at tea parties, proving that our love for seeing animals acting human is a century-old obsession.

Let’s take a look at these cute, and slightly weird, vintage pet photography.

 

Image Credit: Harry Whittier Frees/ Library of Congress

A Train Ride

Two kitties on a small train, 1914.

 

Image Credit: Harry Whittier Frees/ Library of Congress

The Wedding

Kitties in a wedding set, these photos were used as postcards, advertisements and children’s books.

 

Image Credit: Harry Whittier Frees/ Library of Congress

Making A Call

A puppy wearing a dress standing, cute but definitely a bit weird.

 

Image Credit: International Stereograph Co./ Library of Congress

At School

Six students and one teacher wearing glasses, in a series of photos called Dogtown, 1906.

 

Image Credit: International Stereograph Co./ Library of Congress

Dog Party

A dog party with drinks and playing cards.

 

Image Credit: Library of Congress

A Cat Model

A cat model poses for the photographer behind the camera, 1898.

 

Image Credit: Fitz W. Guerin/ Library of Congress

The Musicians

Two kids, an owl and a dog in a music band, the owl is holding a pipe, while the boy is conducting a dog playing harmonica.

 

Image Credit: Detroit Publishing Company/Library of Congress

Bulldog in Costumes

A postcard of a bulldog in a costume, with a hat and false arms.

 

Image Credit: Detroit Publishing Company/Library of Congress

Holding a Pipe

A dog with an old man costume and a pipe. 

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