Archive for August, 2016

1899: Strike, the Heroic Eighth Precinct Police Dog of New York City’s Tribeca

Posted: 31st August 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog Tails
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For the policemen of Manhattan’s Leonard Street Station, doing strike duty in Brooklyn meant spending a lot of time riding on the trolley cars looking for trouble. It was during this week that they “adopted” a big, brown, shaggy dog who would change their lives for the better. They named him Strike.

1888: Union Square Jim, the Mascot Cat of New York’s Union Square Theatre, II

Posted: 21st August 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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Union Square Jim was a large, blue-eyed, orange tabby mascot of the old Union Square Theatre in New York City. Jim was born in the theater sometime around 1886, a year after James Hill took over as manager of the theater.

1888: Union Square Jim, the Mascot Cat of New York’s Union Square Theatre, I

Posted: 13th August 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men, Cat Stories
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Like most cats that became the popular mascots of New York City police stations, fire stations, hotels, and theaters in the 1800s and 1900s, Jim began his life as a vagrant cat without friends or influence. It didn’t take him long, however, to win the hearts of the managers, actors, and patrons of the old Union Square Theatre.