For years, Grumpy Bizallion’s monument was the tallest at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in New York, standing just over six feet.
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1926: Grumpy, “Jes’ an Ordinary, Plain, Everyday Dog” of a New York Banker
Posted: 30th June 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Dog TailsTags: Dog Lovers’ Protective Association of America, Emma Coy Bizallion, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, Henry H. Bizallion, Lotta Van Buren, New York History, Wicks Dog Law
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1912: Miss Bacillus, the Guinea Pig That Survived the Equitable Life Building Fire
Posted: 18th June 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Equitable Life Building, Equitable Life Fire, Jan Damen, New York History, Old New York, Peter Stoutenburgh, Vauxhall Garden
Two weeks after the Equitable Life fire, workmen who were trying to salvage the contents of the cellar vaults and safe boxes rescued a cat named Kaiser and a black guinea pig later named Miss Bacillus.
1833: Isaac Van Amburgh, The Lion King of Greenwich Village and the Bowery, Part III
Posted: 9th April 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal StoriesTags: Bowery Amphitheatre, Bowery Theatre, Isaac Van Amburgh, New York History, New York Zoological Institute, Old New York
Part 3 of a 3-part story about Isaac Van Amburgh, the Richmond Hill estate in Greenwich Village, and New York’s Zoological Institute in the Bowery
1833: The Lion King of Greenwich Village and the Richmond Hill Theatre
Posted: 3rd April 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal StoriesTags: Charlton Street, Greenwich Village History, Isaac Van Amburgh, New York History, Old New York, Richmond Hill mansion, Varick Street
Part 2 of a 3-part story about Isaac Van Amburgh, the Richmond Hill estate in Greenwich Village, and New York’s Zoological Institute in the Bowery
1911: The Hog That Put Up a Fight at Sandy Ground in Staten Island
Posted: 30th January 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Pigs and HogsTags: Dorothy Day, Herman C. Oechsli, New York History, Peter Maurin Farm, Sandy Ground, Staten Island, Staten Island Chuck
Here’s a silly story about a hog from Staten Island’s Sandy Ground community, which has an interesting historical connection to Dorothy Day, the renowned journalist and Catholic social activist.
