Mad Men & Crazy Critters - The Cat's Pajamas

 Ted Bethune, 1963, thanks to Bob Caruthers

Cats are such good looking, funny and familiar animals.

So it's no wonder that most, if not all, the best commercial artists

have used cats to promote anything from shoes and fabrics

to home appliances and spark plugs!

Herbert Leupin, Enkalon

Donald Brun, Zwicky, 1953

Lucian Zabel, ca.1912

Tadeusz Gronowski, Radion, 1926

Two Puss in Boots posters, thanks to the Picasa Vintage Poster album by Pignouf

René Gruau, 1961

Dutch poster for Philips Tv, 1951, thanks to paul.malon

Hanns Lohrer, 1955, thanks to Mid–Centuria

Jacques Auriac

Jean Colin, 1950s

Two posters by Walter Grieder and a 1960 cover illustration of a mailing piece for Sanforized products

 by Irving Miller/Bernard Vincent, thanks to mid-century collector extraordinaire Sandi Vincent