When a fire broke out in the basement of a large pet shop on Lexington Avenue, the half-brother of the famous Rin Tin Tin helped saved five Angora kittens who were trapped in the shop window and struggling to get out.
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1926: Beauty, the Brother of Rin Tin Tin, Who Saved Pet Shop Kittens on Lexington Avenue
Posted: 19th January 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Dog HeroesTags: Animals of Old New York, Captain Joseph Hamlisch, Frank Semon, Rin Tin Tin
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1897: The Great Sea Lion Escape From Glen Island on the Long Island Sound
Posted: 10th August 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Sea CreaturesTags: Carl Schurz Park, John Henry Starin, New Rochelle, New York History, Sea Lions, Starin's Glen Island
On August 13, 1897, a 13-year old boy named Willie Grogan was swimming in the East River off East 84th Street when he saw what he thought was a seven-foot sea serpent opposite East River Park (present-day Carl Schurz Park).
The sea serpent turned out to be one of the three sea lions that had escaped from Starin’s Glen Island resort on the Long Island Sound one day before.
1916: The Rats and Cats That Took to the Stage in Manhattan and the Bronx
Posted: 23rd November 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Foxhurst, Loew's Boulevard Theatre, New York History, Swain's Rats and Cats, vaudeville
A few years ago I wrote about Tommy Casanova Lamb, the mascot cat of The Lambs club in New York City. Tommy often got into boxing matches with other male cats that tried to encroach on his territory, which is why some of the younger members of The Lambs would say (tongue in cheek) that […]
1934: Pretzels, the Gotham Goat That Graced the Bock Beer Posters
Posted: 31st March 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Goats of New YorkTags: Bock Beer, goat beauty pageant, Gotham, New York History, Pretzels the goat
The Big Apple, the City That Never Sleeps, the City of Dreams. The city so nice, they named it twice has its share of nicknames. One of my favorites is perhaps its most obscure nickname: Gotham. Gotham is reportedly tied to Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” Irving […]
