1. Photographer Henry Hargreaves tells BuzzFeed: "Ernest Hemingway was celebrated in life as a great writer, lover, sportsman, adventurer, and rebel-rouser."
Henry Hargreaves
Barbara Stanwyck
2.
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Joe DiMaggio
3. "What is less well known is that he was also a renowned cat lover."
Henry Hargreaves
Betty Grable
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4.
Henry Hargreaves
Hunter S. Thompson
5. "He was given a six-toed cat, Snowball, by a ship's captain who came to visit him in Key West."
Henry Hargreaves
Bumby
6.
Henry Hargreaves
Billie Holiday
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7. "Soon Snowball had a litter of polydactyl-gene-carrying cats, who Hemingway named after famous people of his time."
Henry Hargreaves
Bumby (again)
8.
Henry Hargreaves
Hemingway
9. "Just as the Hemingway legend continues to grow after his death, so does the celebrity-named, six-toed, 55-cat colony at his home-turned-museum."
Henry Hargreaves
Gina Lolabrigida
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10.
Henry Hargreaves
Isadora Duncan
11. "I was intrigued by the story of a softer side to Hemingway and gained permission for a companion shoot."
Henry Hargreaves
Martha Gellhorn
12.
Henry Hargreaves
Pilar
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13. "I decided to use a contrived portrait setting befitting their genetic and celebrity heritage."
Henry Hargreaves
Rudolph Valentino
14.
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Shine Forbes
15. "Like their famous namesakes, some of the cats lapped up the attention while others fled from the set like they were being chased by paparazzi."
Henry Hargreaves
Tennessee Williams
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16. Here's Henry with Winston Churchill.
Henry Hargreaves
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