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1917: Joe Fife, the Pedigree Cat From the Bronx Who Joined the Crew of the USS President Lincoln

Posted: 18th November 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Seafaring Cats
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Joe Fife (probably named for Commodore Joseph Fife, who began his naval career during the Civil War) was a prize-winning pedigree cat who lived a luxurious life in a villa in the Kingsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx.

He reportedly joined the crew of the USS President Lincoln shortly after the liner was placed into service as a WWI troop transport based at the Hoboken Port of Embarkation.

1891: Patsey, The State Street Fire Cat of Brooklyn’s Hook and Ladder Company 10

Posted: 5th October 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, FDNY Horses/Mascots
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Two days after the new Hook and Ladder Company No. 10 of the Brooklyn Fire Department went into service, a new member was added to the roster: a small cat “who wore a fur coat which in color resembled a tortoise shell.”

1923: Tramp, the Beloved Police Cat of the Richmond Hill Police Station

Posted: 25th August 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Feline Mascots
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In March 1916, the Richmond Hill Police precinct, which covered all of Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Morris Park, and part of Forest Hills, was designated a mounted precinct. That is, every mounted police officer throughout Queens was transferred to the 283rd Precinct in Richmond Hill.

With more horses came more stables — and more vermin. What the Richmond Hill Police needed was a good to mouser to handle all the rats and mice that shared the stables with the horses.

1928: Minnie and Miss Frothingham, the Real Cats of the Winter Garden Theatre

Posted: 24th June 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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The Winter Garden Theatre was home to the original Broadway production of Cats from 1982 until the production closed in 2000. But about 50 years before the creepy human cats appeared on stage, the theater was famous for its real cats. Cat mascots, that is.

1896: Thomas Wood, The Washington Street Factory Cat With Ten Lives

Posted: 8th June 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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Thomas Wood was one of the many feline tenants of 290 Washington Street, a large, six-story brick factory building on the northwest corner of Washington and Chamber streets. Originally the pet cat of a dye maker at the factory, he made his home on the third floor, which was occupied by the American Wood Decorating Machine Company.

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