In honor of International Rabbit Day (held annually on the fourth Saturday of September), we've pulled photographic proof that the furry little mammals have always been appreciated by children and the adults who use a number of rabbit -related phrases and idioms more often than they probably realize.
Nursery school children playing with their pet rabbit Bubbles, 1939.
A woman spinning Angora rabbit wool in her garden, 1930.
A young boy holds a pet rabbit, 1955.
A golfer makes a practice drive while his pet rabbit minds the balls, 1938.
Schoolchildren petting rabbits, 1949.
A woman took her Himalayan rabbit, Albrecht Durer, on a walk in Hyde Park, 1939.
A little girl petting a large rabbit, 1949.
Schoolgirls care for pet rabbits, 1932.
A young magician and his rabbit, 1971.
A woman shows off her two pet angora rabbits, circa 1955. Angoras can be sheared to provide enough wool for two sweaters each year.
A little girl holds an Easter bunny on a leash, circa 1955.
Three children hold a rabbit, 1935.
A boy feeds his pet rabbit a lettuce leaf, circa 1955.
Actresses Fiona Fullerton and Clare Clifford posting some of the many letters sent to the House of Lords and parliamentary candidates to request support for World Day for Laboratory Animals which was instituted that year, 1979.
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