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Archive for the ‘Cat Mascots’ Category
A Petition for Jerry Fox, The Blind Hero Cat Who Saved Brooklyn City Hall
Posted: 23rd August 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat MascotsTags: Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn Cat Cafe, Cats About Town, Cats of Old Brooklyn, Jerry Fox
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1898: General Weyler and the New York City Army Cats at 39 Whitehall Street
Posted: 27th April 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Working CatsTags: 39 Whitehall Street, Army Building, Army cats, Army History, Cats of Old New York, NYC History
In Old New York, most warehouses and other large buildings in Lower Manhattan were infested with mice and rats (many still are, of course). Despite its military affiliation, the U.S. Army Building was not immune to the enemy vermin. The best soldiers cut out for the job of extermination were the Army cats.
1921: Minnie, the Feline Mascot of the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn Heights
Posted: 14th July 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cats in the MewsTags: Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Hotel Cats, Hotel St. George, John Middagh, William Tumbridge
The Algonquin Hotel may have had Billy and Rusty the cats, and the Hotel Lincoln may have had Abe the cat, but these male cats could not be mothers. Minnie was not only the mascot of the Hotel St. George, but she was a mother to 160 kittens.
