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 […]
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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 StoriesTags: Cornelius Cosine, Dyckman, Fort St. George, Harsenville, Jacob Harsen, New York History, Sherman Square
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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 StoriesTags: 68 Jay Street, Comfort Sands, Grand Union Tea Company, Joshua Sands, mascot cat, New York City History
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 StoriesTags: Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse, Lord Haggis, New York Dock Company, New York History, ship's cats, SS Pastores
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 […]
1928: Abe, the Times Square Tiger Cat Who Refused to Scat From the Hotel Lincoln, II
Posted: 10th June 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Hotel Lincoln, James T. Clyde, Manhattan Hotel, Milford Plaza, New York City History
“A half-grown cat has adopted the Hotel Lincoln as its permanent home. Cats have always been regarded as a good omen, especially when they come to the door unsolicited. This kitten has a special history. He was born on the site of the present hotel, and spent his life in the debris while the hotel […]
1928: Abe, the Times Square Tiger Cat Who Refused to Scat From the Hotel Lincoln, Part I
Posted: 4th June 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Cat Stories, Farm at Bloomingdale, Hotel Lincoln, James T. Clyde, Medcef Eden, New York History
Some studies have shown that where you’re born has a huge impact on how far you’ll go in life. I think the same holds true for cats, especially those who are born in large cities like New York. When Abe’s mother cat gave birth to three kittens in New York City’s Time Square neighborhood in […]
