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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 […]

1934: Lord Haggis, the Lady Mouser of the SS Pastores Who Walked 39 Miles to Rejoin Her Crew

Posted: 18th August 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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A while back, I wrote about a cat named Duffy McNab, who lost his life when he tried to jump from his ship to Pier 64 on the Hudson River. When Duffy fell into the river, Quartermaster Angus MacLean jumped into the water and tried to save him. In the following story, I’ll tell you […]

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