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1910: Nellie, the Beloved Class Cat of Brooklyn’s Van Pelt Manor Grammar School

Posted: 20th January 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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As I often explain, not all of the cat stories of Old New York that I share with my readers have fairy-tale endings. Of course I prefer to tell happy stories. But I also believe that the kitties that met tragic ends also deserve some attention. This story of Nellie, the classroom mouser of the […]

1904: Mrs. Herman, the Monkey Mascot of Engine Company No. 31 on Lafayette Street

Posted: 7th September 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/Mascots
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Engine Company No. 31 and No. 1 Tower Company, which shared headquarters in the famous castle-like firehouse at 87 Lafayette Street, broke the FDNY rules by having not only one feline and one canine mascot, but also a mascot from the primate family.

1908: Tommie Blackberry, the MacDougal Street Nursery Cat With Ties to a Famous Anti-Suffragist

Posted: 26th May 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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“It seems almost a misnomer to speak of it as a ‘charity’ in the accepted meaning of the word. Far rather is it an expression of the true and highest signification the term can bear; the impulse which takes these little ones from their pitiful and often squalid surroundings, at the same time enabling their […]

1921: Minnie, the New York-Bermuda Ship Cat of Pier 95 That Kept Coming Back

Posted: 18th April 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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In 1893, American lyricist and playwright Harry S. Miller–at one time a New Yorker–wrote a comic song titled “The Cat Came Back.” The original chorus to the whimsical ditty, which today is still a popular children’s song (or at least it was when I was a kid in the previous century), always comes to mind […]

1903: Bob, the Mummified Cat of the Grand Union Tea Company in Brooklyn’s DUMBO

Posted: 11th December 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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In the 1904 edition of King’s Views of Brooklyn, the Grand Union Tea Company building in Brooklyn’s present-day DUMBO neighborhood was listed as the “largest warehouse and factory in the United States for teas, coffees, spices, flavoring extracts, baking-powders and soaps.” By the mid-1920s, the Grand Union warehouse had 10 acres of floor space. In addition to a […]

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