This sharply focused image was used in a stereoview card published by George W. Griffith, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the 1890s. You can see the dot pattern on the girl's dress, the texture of the cats' fur, and the individual blades of grass.
A gallery of images from my collection of antique photographs of children with their pets, with my captions and commentary. Photo formats include ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, snapshots, and real photo postcards (RPPCs). The pets include everything from dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs to farm animals to wild animals. These restored images are all copyright Pat Street, 2009. Enjoy them, but please don't copy them without permission.