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Punch, Skin, and Trixy

on August 28, 2014

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This charming family portrait was taken in 1916.

They were the Schaeffer family cats.

I wonder which one is Skin...
...and why was it named Skin!??

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A Coincidence, and Cat and Kids in Cabinet Photo from Kansas

Just for fun I checked out 112 East Douglas Street to see what was there today. I believe 112 is a parking garage with a black screen facade...a Darth Vader effect. But look what was across the street!!! A bronze sculpture of a girl and a cat. I'll be darned.

Fannie's Herman and Vermin

Fannie took this picture. Such a look!! Go to Wikipedia to read more about Fannie. She was a fascinating woman!! This was the courtyard where Herman and Vermin reigned supreme. Frances "Fannie" Benjamin Johnston (15 January 1864 – 16 May 1952) was one of the earliest American female photographers and photojournalists . "An independent and strong-willed young woman, she wrote articles for periodicals before finding her creative outlet through photography after she was given her first camera by George Eastman , a close friend of the family, and inventor of the new, lighter, Eastman Kodak cameras. She received training in photography and dark-room techniques from Thomas Smillie , director of photography at the Smithsonian ."

Mrs. Oscar Wilde and 3 Little Kittens...Who Knew!?

This is a beautiful children's book to enjoy reading to a child. So there I was, looking for some 19th century kitty lit to amuse you and myself, when what do I find but a beautifully illustrated colorful children's book, There Once Was , from 1888 with a admirable illustration of those naughty little kittens. But as I gathered the pictures and prepared to post I saw the frontispiece... ...and thought. " Mrs. Oscar Wilde ?". I am exposing a gap in my education but truth will out. (Does it count I read many of Quentin Crisp's work?) But, the surprise aside, it is a wonderful book that should be read to little children. Many of the famous stories are in it that are referred to in literature in many ways...but children I see at school do not know the old stories or nursery tales. I feel sad they will be left out of a long chain of people who know the real Puss 'n Boots (and not just a cartoon puss in a Shrek movie).

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