In the early 1890s, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was overrun with rodents. Almost all the docks in the yard were in need of repair where they had been gnawed by the rats, and the losses in rigging, spare sails, and other wares were also great. Unfortunately, there was not one cat to be found during […]
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1900: The Brave and Brawny Black Cats of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Posted: 17th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Admiral's Row, Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cat Stories, feral cats, Francis T. Bowles, Kings County Distillery, New York History, William L. Cowan
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1928: The Three Kitten Mascots of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Factory in Tribeca
Posted: 26th October 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat MenTags: Cat Stories, Engine Company 33, FDNY history, kittens rescued, Kraft, New York History, North Moore Street, Old New York, Rescue 1
During the 1800s and early 1900s, stories about animal mascots in New York City and other metropolitan areas appeared in the news almost on a weekly basis. The following tale about the mascots of the Kraft-Phenix cheese factory was rather unique, in that it was not about a fire, police, or ship mascot.
1946: Susie the King Cat of Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge Wharf
Posted: 15th September 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Atlantic Yacht Club, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Beach, Cat Stories, Kerr Steamship, New York History, Sunset Park, Sunset Play Center
Weighing 20 pounds and standing about one foot tall, Susie was a jumbo cat. She was also the terror of the rats on the Kerr Steamship Company pier at the foot of 57th Street in the Bay Ridge section (now called Sunset Park) of Brooklyn. Susie would often kill up to 10 rats in a week; her record was eight rats in four hours.
1910: Captain Kitty: John Moisant and Paris-London, His Co-Pilot Cat
Posted: 9th April 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: aviation history, Cat Stories, cats in history, Harriet Quimby, Historical Cats, John Moisant, New York History
John Bevins Moisant, a pioneer United States aviator, was never without his beloved tabby cat, Mademoiselle Fifi. Even when performing aerial maneuvers over cities or racing his Blériot monoplane around the Statue of Liberty, Fifi was always at his side.
