Oscar Hammerstein had a farm (EIEIO). And on this farm he had a watermill, a windmill, a pond with a bridge and two boats, a few stone houses, a vegetable garden, a donkey, a turkey, a rooster, four hens, a near-sighted monkey, three peanut monkeys, several sheep, 1 duck and 4 ducklings.
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1902: The Milch Cow and Farm at Oscar Hammerstein’s on 42nd Street
Posted: 23rd May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Animal Tales, Belasco's, New Victory Theater, New York History, Oscar Hammerstein, Paradise Roof Garden, Theatre Republic, Victoria Theatre
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1914: Caliph Murphy II, the Hippo That Saved the Central Park Lion House
Posted: 29th March 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Caliph II, Central Park Arsenal, Central Park menagerie, Central Park Zoo, John W. Smith, Mrs. Murphy, Thomas Frank Hoey
On the evening of December 6, 1914, the veteran night watchman at the Central Park Menagerie was making his rounds when he heard Caliph Murphy II roaring from inside the lion house. Caliph II had never roared like that before, so the loud noise caught Louis Seibold’s attention. He looked toward the lion house and […]
1883: Funny, Awkward, and Beastly Portraits of the Gilded Age
Posted: 28th February 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Gilded Age, Jose Maria Mora, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Napoleon Sarony, New York History, Old New York
During the Gilded Age of New York City, when cabinet card photographs were in vogue, it was not unusual to find some very awkward portraits in the Victorian parlor.
1941: The Reindeer That Flew to Rockefeller Center for Christmas
Posted: 2nd December 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Animal Tales, Bronx Zoo, Christmas tree, New York History, Reindeer, Rockefeller Center
The following reindeer story took place on December 12, 1941, just 10 years after the Christmas tree made its unofficial debut at Rockefeller Center — and exactly five days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This year would be the last that the Christmas tree was illuminated during World War II. From 1942 to 1944, […]
