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| A little girl hangs three Siamese kittens on a washing line in a garden in Croydon, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 14th July 1931 |
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| A cat wearing headphones to listen to a radio. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). January 1926 |
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| A cat watches two mice in a goldfish bowl. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950 |
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| A cat watches two mice in a goldfish bowl. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950 |
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| A bandaged cat recovering from its injuries. (Photo by Maeers/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 25th May 1935 |
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| A woman taking her cat out for a walk about town while keeping it on a tight leash. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images). 1938 |
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| Susan Curtis with her pet cat. (Photo by Stroud/Express/Getty Images). 21st December 1953 |
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| A kitten stretches and yawns at the Greenwich Village Humane Cat League in New York. (Photo by Douglas Grundy/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950 |
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| Wocky the Siamese cat prises off the top of a milk bottle in order to get at the cream. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 5th February 1957 |
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| A British Blue kitten trying to join his sister in an already full goldfish bowl. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 12th July 1957 |
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| Two kittens and a sleepy dog. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). May 1929 |
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| A kitten is surrounded by milk bottles bigger than he is. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1964 |
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| Jean Durlacher washing her pet cat at her home in London. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images). 21st September 1946 |
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| Henry Behrens, the smallest man in the world dances with his pet cat in the doorway of his Worthing home. Measuring only 30 inches high, Mr Behrens has made a living by travelling the world with Burton Lester's midget troupe. (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images). 26th October 1956 |
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| A specially designed book cover incorporating the face of a young girl into that of a cat. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images). 1st April 1965 |
