National Geographic Has the Cutest April Fools' Joke
But it leads to a sad story about photographer Harry Whittier Frees.
National Geographic’s anxiety-free April Fools’ joke–a proclamation that the publication will no longer publish nude photos of animals–is really just an excellent excuse to take a break and scroll through a slideshow featuring clothed critters.
Among the black and white treasures is a bulldog subjected to a flowered cap, and kittens in checkered dresses sitting in a wagon drawn by a toy horse and a dog, who walks on its hind legs in a jumpsuit.
The pictures were all taken by Harry Whittier Frees, a photographer who delighted the Internet-less masses of the first half of the twentieth century with his clothed animals: They’re just like us collections.
It seems the process wasn’t as enjoyable as the final product, according to Mary L.
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