In December 1897-1899, Wanamaker’s Department Store on Broadway and 9th Street lured shoppers with a “bargain cat day,” in which Angora cats were sold as Christmas gifts for $10 to $40 each, depending on the cat’s color, size, and age.
Archive for December, 2019
1897: The Christmas Rush on Gilded-Age Angora Cats at Wanamaker’s on Broadway
Posted: 19th December 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: A.T. Stewart, Angora cats, Cats of Old New York, Christmas cats, John Wanamaker, New York City History, Wanamaker's
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1912: Tipsy, the Expert Midtown Mouser Who Helped Police Solve a Murder
Posted: 12th December 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Cats of Old New York, George Samuel Dougherty, Georgetown Connecticut, Gilbert and Bennett, New York City History, Salvatore Geracci
Two weeks after the body of an unidentified woman was discovered in a Connecticut pond, a cat found the murder weapon in the NYC apartment where the woman had been killed.
