Archive for August, 2020

Virtual Event for Dog Lovers: The Dog Days of Gotham

Posted: 23rd August 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Virtual Events
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Free Virtual Event: Join me on Thursday, August 27, at noon, for the Dog Days of Gotham: Dames, Damsels, and Pampered Pooches of Old New York. In this virtual tour, we’ll “walk” through the old city streets while I share fascinating and hilarious stories of wealthy and eccentric women and the pampered pooches they adored.

1897: The Shower of Cats That Invaded the Brush Block in Huntington, Long Island

Posted: 19th August 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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On August 19, 1897, it rained cats in front of the Brush Block building on Main Street and New York Avenue in Huntington, Long Island. Customers of the human kind could do nothing but walk cautiously along the sidewalk as the business owners used brooms to sweep cats out and hold others at bay.

1915: The Cameo Dog and Cats of Regeneration, a Silent Film Set in Manhattan

Posted: 13th August 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Featured Felines
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Regeneration, a 1915 silent film by Raoul Walsh, was shot on location in New York City’s Lower East Side (down on the docks and the Bowery). In addition to several cats and one dog, the film featured real prostitutes, gangsters, and homeless people as extras. It was the first film produced by Fox Film Corporation (a forerunner of the 20th Century Fox) and was released on September 13, 1915 to critical acclaim.

1904: The 80-180 Felines of Caroline Ewen, the Wealthy Cat Lady of East Harlem

Posted: 6th August 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat Ladies
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In August 1904, two of Caroline G. Ewen’s neighbors on East 101st Street petitioned the Board of Health regarding the nightly concerts of 80 or more fat and sassy cats sheltered in the woman’s three-stone brownstone at 105 East 101st Street. “It is not that we object to Miss Ewan’s humane impulses in caring for all the stray and homeless felines of the neighborhood, but the noise of her pets is something wonderful,” the petitioners said. “It is enough to drive a strong man with a newly-signed pledge in the pocket to drink.”