The Art of the Cat

Many of the Archive’s scanned books contain beautiful or entertaining artwork. The art in these public domain books is free for download, use, or re-use in anyway you like. To illustrate this bounty, we present a selection of books featuring cats.

(Click a flip book and then click through the pages to find illustrations.)

• The Cat’s Elegy (1913): Item / Flip Book
• Kittens and Cats; A Book of Tales (1911): Item / Flip Book
• Mischief Again (1954): Item / Flip Book
• Letters from a Cat Published by Her Mistress for the Benefit of All Cats… (1879): Item / Flip Book
• Cats and All About Them (1907): Item / Flip Book
• The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907): Item / Flip Book
• The Adventures of Whittington and His Cat (1850): Item / Flip Book
• Nonsense Drolleries: The Owl and the Pussy-cat; The Duck and the Kangaroo (1889): Item /Flip Book
• Dame Trot and Her Cat (188-?): Item / Flip Book
• Three Little Kittens : A Story for Little Tots (1908): Item / Flip Book

– Renata

Snow

While it’s snow season in much of the country, we are enjoying sun (between rain storms) here in San Francisco. Today’s blog is for those dreaming of snow, whether or not they have the joy (or curse) of experiencing it.

• Skaters in Central Park (1902)
  The remarkable thing about this short clip is the year it was made.
• Play in the Snow (1945)
  If you are actually in need of instruction, this film will teach you how to play in the snow.
• Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1966)
  A mentally disturbed boy listens to the voices of the snow in this dark adaptation of a Conrad Aiken story.
• The Frozen North (1922)
  Buster Keaton engages in amusing snow-filled shenanigans.
• Chinook’s Children (1940s)
  Chinook is a sled dog who has a bounty of cute puppies.
• Snow II (200
  How large can a snow ball get and still be push-able?
• SF Ski Jump (2005)
  Wow, there actually was snow in San Francisco once!

– Renata