When James A. Hogg, a professional rat catcher by trade, opened his new dog bathhouse in Harlem in 1903, it attracted much attention from the press. Sure, there were by this time several hospitals for dogs and other animals. And boarding houses for those wealthy pet owners who could afford it had also been around for years. But a bathhouse for dogs was quite a novel idea, even for a city where dogs were considered a luxury.
Posts Tagged ‘Dog stories’
1903: The Dog Bathhouse for High-Society Pups in Harlem
Posted: 5th February 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Dog stories, Dogs of Old New York, Harlem history, James A. Hogg, New York City History, Peter Weck
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For Dog Lovers: The Dog Days of Gotham, Free Virtual Event
Posted: 2nd October 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Virtual EventsTags: Dog Days of Gotham, Dog stories, Free Virtual Presentation, New York City History
Back by popular demand for the dog lovers and the cat people who also love dogs! Join me and the Boonton Holmes Public Library on a virtual tour of Old New York as I share fascinating and hilarious stories of wealthy and eccentric women and the pampered pooches they adored. Wednesday, October 7, 6 p.m. (ET)
1894: The Candy Factory Mastiff Who Stood Up for the Cats of Cortlandt Street
Posted: 28th September 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Dog HeroesTags: Cat Stories, Cortlandt Street, Dog stories, Mulford Martin, New York City History, Ralph Patchen
More than a century before the World Trade Center was attacked on September 11, 2001, and about 25 years before the site became known as Radio Row (a small business district specializing in the sale and repair of radios), Cortlandt Street was home to numerous factories and loft buildings. And lots of stray cats. For one sassy little bull terrier who resided […]
1887: Punch and Chico, the Photogenic Dogs of Alice Austen That Lived Where History Was Made in Staten Island, Part I
Posted: 10th February 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Alice Austen, Cat Stories, Clear Comfort, Dog stories, Gertrude Tate, Oswald Muller, Staten Island history
George Washington. Ben Franklin. General William Howe. Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt. These are just a few of the prominent men in history who visited the 17th-century farmhouse on the banks of The Narrows in Rosebank, Staten Island, where photographer Alice Austen made history in the late 19th century. Today, this old farmhouse where Alice lived with her family […]
