A century before there was Grumpy Cat, Lil Bub, Street Cat Bob, and all the countless felines inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame, there were the “movie cats” that rose to stardom during the silent film era. I’m not talking about Felix the Cat, the cartoon cat that made his first appearance in 1919 […]
Archive for May, 2014
1902: The Milch Cow and Farm at Oscar Hammerstein’s on 42nd Street
Posted: 23rd May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Animal Tales, Belasco's, New Victory Theater, New York History, Oscar Hammerstein, Paradise Roof Garden, Theatre Republic, Victoria Theatre
Oscar Hammerstein had a farm (EIEIO). And on this farm he had a watermill, a windmill, a pond with a bridge and two boats, a few stone houses, a vegetable garden, a donkey, a turkey, a rooster, four hens, a near-sighted monkey, three peanut monkeys, several sheep, 1 duck and 4 ducklings.
1907: Pinky Panky Poo and the Doggie Check Room at the Plaza Hotel
Posted: 16th May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Frederic Sterry, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, New York History, Pinky Panky Poo, Plaza Hotel
What does a tiny dog named Pinky Panky Poo and the Plaza Hotel have to do with modern-day doggie day-care centers? Read on…
1902: Sydney De Voe, the Chelsea Collie That Lived Like a Gentleman and Died Beloved
Posted: 7th May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Hartsdale Pet CemeteryTags: A.R. De Voe, Dr. Samuel K. Johnson, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, New York History, pet cemetery
I often visit the the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Westchester County, New York. That is where my mother I came across the story of Sydney De Voe. You may recall one of my earlier posts about Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy and her pet lion, Goldfleck, who was buried at the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery after living a very […]
