In August 1904, Charles J. Nielsen, one of the most prominent cigar manufacturers in Brooklyn, acquired a black cat for his Bushwick cigar shop on the southeast corner of Broadway and Gates Avenue.
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1904: The Not-so-Lucky Cigar Shop Cat of Bushwick, Brooklyn
Posted: 12th July 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Bowronville, Bushwick History, Charles J. Nielsen, New York City History, Nielsen Cigars, Shop Cat, Watson Bowron
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1899: Leonidas Arniotis and the Great Dog and Cat Circus That Took NYC by Storm
Posted: 3rd July 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Cat and Dog Circus, Leonidas Arniotis, New York City History
Leonidas Arniotis had about three dozen trained circus dogs and cats that performed in New York City and other cities throughout America in the late 1890s.
1904: The Great Catnip Caper on Avenue B in New York City’s East Village
Posted: 26th June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Avenue B, East Village, Edward Pierce Mulrooney, Joseph Weiss, Magistrate Alfred Ommen, New York City History, Union Market police station
In 1904, an East Village man was charged with disorderly conduct for serving catnip powder to cats, causing them to become intoxicated in public.
1902-1908: The Chevalier and His Clowder of Cats on Carnegie Hill, Part 2
Posted: 18th June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Andrew Carnegie, Carnege Hill, Chevalier de Bassini, New York History, Resolved Waldron, Vera de Bassini
The Chevalier rescued cats from the streets of Carnegie Hill, fed them, bathed them, sang arias to them, and named them after heroes and heroines from famous operas. Part 2 of a Cat Man of Old New York tale.
1902-1908: The Chevalier and His Clowder of Cats on Carnegie Hill, Part I
Posted: 14th June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Carnegie Hill, cats in history, Chevalier de Bassini, crazy cat man, New York City History
Alberto Gaston de Bassini, aka the Chevalier, was a man who truly loved and cared about cats. He fed them, bathed them, and sang to them, and named them after heroes and heroines from famous operas.
