Herman and Vermin

This photo is from the Library of Congress collection and is now in the public domain.

The photo caption reads, "Frances Benjamin Johnston's cats, Herman and Vermin, seated on brick railing of New Orleans house, Louisiana."Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) is the photographer and it was taken around 1945.

If you look closely, you can see a water garden with lily pads behind the cats and what appears to be a coneflower in the foreground.