Cat memes may be incredibly popular online today – but perhaps they've been around longer than you thought. They were taken by Harry Whitter Frees, an American photographer known for taking pictures of posed cats and dogs. He would borrow puppies and tiny kittens from friends and neighbors and dress them up before snapping them in human situations, complete with people clothes and props. These amusing photographs could be seen as the original cat memes. Pictured here, a cat in a dress hangs up laundry on a washing lineFrees got the idea for taking pictures of dressed up animals at a family birthday party.

Source: Daily Mail December 06, 2018 14:37 UTC