In 1908, a member of Old New York’s most aristocratic families was evicted from a ramshackle mansion on East 83rd Street in Yorkville, where she had been barely surviving with her 15 dogs and 8 cats. @Bideawee
Posts Tagged ‘Yorkville’
1908: The Widow of Yorkville Who Shared Her Ramshackle Mansion with 23 Cats and Dogs
Posted: 4th January 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat LadiesTags: Angelica Schuyler Reed, Bide-a-Wee, Captain Edward Dunscome, Metropolitan Republican Club, Milne Parker, New York City History, Yorkville
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1906: Merry Christmas from the Parcel-Post Kitten of Yorkville
Posted: 24th December 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Christmas Cat TalesTags: Christmas kitten, Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, New York History, Post Office history, talking doll, Thomas Edison Talking Doll, Yorkville
I once went to my neighborhood United States Post Office to mail some parcel-post packages to family on the west coast. As I was deciding whether to use parcel post or priority service, the clerk asked me if the boxes contained anything that was liquid, fragile, or had batteries. The clerk did not, however, ask […]
