When we left Part I of this curious cat tale of Old New York, young Margaret Owen was just about to dunk her two Angora cats, Lilly and Otto, into a basin of blue dye. The blue cats would look great parading on the boardwalk at Atlantic City.
Posts Tagged ‘Margaret Owen’
1922: The Curious Case of Lilly and Otto, the Dyed-Blue Cats of Margaret Owen, Part II
Posted: 8th October 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat Ladies, Featured FelinesTags: Angora cats, Henry K. Miller, Margaret Owen, Miller-Clark Animal Hospital, New York History, Old New York, Peter A. Hatting, Radio City Music Hall
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1922: The Curious Case of Lilly and Otto, the Dyed-Blue Cats of Margaret Owen, Part I
Posted: 6th October 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat Ladies, Featured FelinesTags: Angora cats, Hopper Farm, Margaret Owen, New York History, Old New York, The Blue Kitten
Every once and a while I come across an old animal story that goes into my special folder called “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up.” The following cat tale is somewhat funny, very bizarre, and a bit tragic.
