During vaudeville’s heyday in the late 1800s and early 1900s, animal performances were a dime a dozen on New York stages and rooftop gardens, such as Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theatre. One of the most famous performing pooches was Uno, a nondescript male terrier that was billed as “The Mind-Reading Dog,” “The Educated Dog,” and “The Dog with a Human Brain.”
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1909: Uno, the Cross-Dressing, Mind-Reading Canine Star of the Fifth Avenue Theatre
Posted: 30th May 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Dog TailsTags: Apollo Hall, Augustin Daly, Fifth Avenue Theatre, Isaac Varian, J.C. Pope, New York History, Old New York, Peter Gilsey
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1899: King and Queen, the Diving Quadrupeds of Coney Island, Brooklyn
Posted: 7th May 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Horse TalesTags: Biograph Company, Coney Island, Diving Horses, Frederick S. Armitage, King and Queen, New York History, Roosevelt Building, Sea Lion Park
Billed as the amazing high diving horses, King and Queen were two pure white Arabian horses who had a knack for diving on their own from great heights into almost any body of water.
