This captioned cat picture postcard was
found by Tracy Angulo in a Seattle antique store. Tracy tells us that
the photograph is from 1905, which would make this officially the
oldest cat picture with a caption, AKA lolcat, that we’ve seen.

The differences are clear. Proper grammar
and a more formal tone was in vogue back then. But the similarities to
modern-day kitten struggles and lolcats are amazing. ALL CAPS is still
cool, but most importantly, she also no can has cheezburger. More than a hundred years later, all that’s changed is the spelling.

http://icanhascheezburger.com/page/109/