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1898: Lem and Tiger, the Republican and Tammany Hall Cats of the New York Elections

Posted: 2nd October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men
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When a large black cat walked in and took possession of the Republican Congressional headquarters on West 125th Street, everyone thought for sure that the Tammany candidate would lose the election.

1904: Lillian Russell, the Fishing Cat of Brooklyn’s Dyker Meadow Golf Club, II

Posted: 19th May 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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From 1900 to 1908, the Dyker Meadow Golf Club had a mascot cat named Lillian Russell who was an expert fishing cat.

1904: Lillian Russell, the Fishing Cat of Brooklyn’s Dyker Meadow Golf Club, I

Posted: 13th May 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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Part I of a 2-Part Cat Tale Fishing at Dyker Meadows In 1821, Peter Cortelyou wrote a letter to William J. Lott concerning some local fishing practices that he thought could jeopardize the Cortelyou family fishery. The fishery was located on the Narrows at the foot of present-day Battery Avenue, adjacent to Dyker Meadows and […]

1901: Richard II and Richard III, the Swimming and Vegetarian Cats of the U.S. Barge Office at NYC’s Battery Park

Posted: 10th March 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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How far would your cats be willing to go to catch a rat? Would they be willing to jump in a river like this barge office cat Old New York once did? My two cats live indoors, and I’ve yet to see any type of rodent in my house, but I’d make a pretty high […]

1940: Strato Lizzie, the Mascot Cat of the TWA Pilots at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport

Posted: 12th February 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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Once upon a time–around 1638–a farmer named Hendrick Harmensen took his cows from New Amsterdam and re-settled on a point of land along the Bowery Bay, where the East River and Flushing Bay meet on the northern tip of what we now call East Elmhurst, Queens. For several years, Harmensen–also known as Henrick the Boor […]

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