Did you hear about the cat who swallowed a ball of yarn? She had a litter of mittens.
Today is International Cat Day and we are feline fine! To celebrate the day, we went digging for the purr-fect image in our Digital Archive and found this little moment in hiss-story.
This photographic print from June, 1898 shows an 18-year old Marion Graham Nimlet (nee Whitaker) and an array of human and kitty companions at her home in Northeast Philadelphia. Marion was the granddaughter of William Whitaker (1813-1878), owner of William Whitaker & Sons, one of the city’s oldest textile mills.
This image comes from the Hagley Library’s collection of Whitaker family photographs (Accession 1982.253), a partner collection to our collection of William Whitaker & Sons, Inc., Records, 1809-1970 (Accession 1471). These collections document life, landscapes, and the built environments of eastern Pennsylvania’s rural manufacturing villages from the early 19th century to the mid-20th Century, particularly the region around the Cedar Grove textile mills. They also include images of the friends, family, travel, homes, and property of the Whitaker family. To view the photograph collection online in our Digital Archive, click here.
