Back in the 20th century, the Internet was comprised of a series of horseback riders. It could take up to 42 months to deliver a single funny animal picture and packets were often lost in transit due to flux or consumption. Luckily for us, a few of these artifacts were preserved on microfilm–a type of myspace used b4 ppl lrn2txt–and have since been uploaded to Internet 2 for our viewing pleasure. Forsooth:



















And last, but not least…

Play them off, Vintage Keyboard Cat.










It’s not black and white, but the lolcat meme has got to be 40 years old by now
Apparently we, as a species, are compelled to create LOL cats: http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
We have a card of the little girl and kitten with the missing front teeth in our bathroom. Have for years! Too funny.
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@DonsIn2010 Vintage http://tinyurl.com/ye6kzca xxx
Vintage LOLcats – I guess this meme is older than we thought http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/ (via @missnae)
@SirFudgeEsq @MedusaJ look at these old kitty postcards! http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
Huuuuu vintage Lol cats, top http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
RT: @babioles: Huuuuu vintage Lol cats, top http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
awww knew LOLCats were awesome-cool http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
These remind me of a book I have called Catnips. Vintage Lolcats there too.
LOLcats pre-internet. 20 Vintage LOLcats http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
Some of these are cute/funny, but the ones with the clothes on creep me out. I think some of those must be stuffed and mounted by a taxidermist….. :(
I recognize the kittens who lost their mittens. It’s a picture from my book, The Three Little Kittens, one of my favorite childhood books. I still have it.
I know I’ve seen the two kittens in “dunce caps” somewhere. Must be from my days of combing second-hand book shops! ;)
I think the kittens in dunce caps, and the dog helping the kitten mail a letter are from “Toodles and Her Friends”. My mom and uncles had that book as kids and I remember reading it. You can get reproductions of it too.
Some of those are great, but some are obviously stuffed animals used to pose photographs, and that’s just horrible. The Victorians liked to do that, setting up whole dioramas of kittens and puppies. I don’t want to know where they got them. :-(
The candid shots are lovely though.
Re: The Kitten On The Keys pic. I have a small music box from Ardleigh Elliott that plays that tune.
Thank you for these wonderful pictures.
Twenty Vintage LOLcats that pre-date the internet! http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/ I love these pictures!! (via Catster)
r/t @jennispinner: LOLcats that predate the Interwebs http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
Timeless LOLz :D RT @queeneulalia r/t @jennispinner: LOLcats that predate the Interwebs http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
LUVV! RT @cdf12345 20 Vintage LOLcats on Snuzzy: http://snuzzy.com/20-vintage-lolcats/
The animals are not “stuffed”. These pictures were taken by Harry Whittier Frees. Look him up…he used his own pets and some of his neighbors too.
I feel much better after seeing animals picture
specialy cats
The kitten and puppy with the post box and the two kittens with the dunce caps are photos from a picture book called “Snuggles,” about a naughty kitten and his pals. It was one of my dad’s favorite books from his childhood in the thirties.