She thinks it's the cat.  From Lustige Blätter, 1919.

From Le Grelot, 1875.  See How to Be Your Own Cat.

The cats rode geese.  From Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats, Written Principally By a Lady of Ninety, 1923.

On the likelihood of cats signalling and directing alien craft.  Via UFO Newsclipping Service, 1990.

From the University of Omaha's 1919 yearbook.

From Nebelspalter, 1958.

You've heard that cats are aware of God's existence and know that humans are middlemen between them and the divine realm.  This kitten, even through closed eyes and the mists of time, is aware of you as an intermediary.  From Northeastern Illinois' 1974 yearbook.

From Woroni, 1983.

"There's still another combination."  From The Film Daily, 1934.

From Puss in Boots, illustrated by Richard Heighway, 1895.

From Unknown, 1942.

From The Nine Lives of a Cat by Charles Bennett, 1860.  Are nine lives only for cats?  See How to Be Your Own Cat.

From the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's 1971 yearbook.

"The black cat."  From The Film Daily, 1934.

From Skylark, 1989.

That is a cat respectable,

Connectable

With selectable

Felines respectable,

Whose names would make you quiver.

That is a cat of piety,

Not satiety,

But sobriety.

Its very purr is of piety

And thanks to its Feline Giver.

—Sinclair Lewis

Photo from Northeastern's 1972 yearbook.