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catistory
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A whiskered walk through history. (Art) historians based in Amsterdam, sharing stories of cats in history, art, and literature from around the world.
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📸 George Hendrik Breitner, 1893
🏛️ NL Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, Den Haag

📸 Idem
🏛️ NL Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, Den Haag

📸 George Hendrik Breitner, 1893
🏛️ NL Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, Den Haag

🎨 George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1893-1894
🏛️ Stedelijkmuseum, Amsterdam
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Very sorry for your big loss
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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ryanhumphrey.bsky.social
Something I love about archival films is that when someone had a couple feet of film left on a roll they'd often use it to film their cat. So many films finish with a few seconds of cats

So, here's some cats from the 1950s and 60s. They were loved

Scanned from 8mm films

#Film #History #Cats
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
catistory.bsky.social
This is so sweet
October 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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🎥 Theo Jansen and Bouwe Poppen, 1960
🏛️ Stadsarchief Amsterdam
October 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Credits:
🖋️ Unknown artist, 18th century
🏛️ Dierenmuseum

🖋️ T. Verrijk, 18th century
🏛️ NL Archives
October 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
catistory.bsky.social
Ouch, that’s less tender
October 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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marzaprussell.bsky.social
This picture is also in a book my dad gave me, it's called The Life, History, and Magic of the Cat. On the opposite page is this picture of the photographer.
September 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM