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1915: Sir Tom and Lady Alice, the Rural Police Pets Who Lived in the Rathbone House at Washington Heights, Part I

Posted: 24th July 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men
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For Lady Alice, Sir Tom, and the men of the 42nd Precinct, life was good in the old Rathbone mansion at 177th Street and Haven Avenue in Washington Heights.

1939: Snooky, the Sophisticated, Salmon-Loving Cat of New York’s City Hall

Posted: 16th May 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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On May 3, 1939, one month after popular City Hall cat Tammany died at the Ellin Prince Speyer Hospital, an 11-month-old multicolored female cat from Woodside, Queens, made her debut at City Hall. The cat was the pet of City Hall night watchman Tom Halton, who had been greatly saddened by the passing of Tammany. […]

1927: Ranger I and Ranger III, the Mascot Cats of the New York Rangers Hockey Team

Posted: 14th May 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men, Cat Stories
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New York Rangers trainer Harry Westerby discovered Ranger in the winter of 1927. The little girl cat was cold and whimpering outside the steel door of the hockey dressing room in back of Madison Square Garden III, so Westerby brought her indoors.

1920: Jack Bleeck and Minnie, the Mascot Mouser of a Men-Only Speakeasy

Posted: 11th April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men, Cat Stories
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It was a cold November night in 1920 when good luck brought the orphan kitten to the Opera Café at 561 Seventh Avenue (near 40th Street). John “Jack” Bleeck, who had just taken over the place after working as a bartender there for nine years, saw the kitten outside and invited her in.

1921 & 1936: Billy and Rusty, the Famous Felines of the Algonquin Hotel

Posted: 7th March 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories, Feline Mascots
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In 1936, a rather disheveled kitten about seven months old stepped into the lobby of New York City’s Algonquin Hotel on 44th Street. Like most stray cats, he was fighting for survival on the streets, and a hotel lobby was as good a place as any to search (or beg) for food and shelter. Frank […]

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