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.
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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
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1901: The Tramp Cats That Took Over A Bronx Tenement on St. Ann’s Avenue
Posted: 2nd June 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bronx History, Crazy Cat Lady, Gouverneur Morris, Morrisania, New York City History, St. Ann's Avenue
In January 1901, the janitress for the tenement at 141 Saint Ann’s Avenue in the Bronx opened her heart and door to many cats seeking food and shelter.
1904: Lillian Russell, the Fishing Cat of Brooklyn’s Dyker Meadow Golf Club, II
Posted: 19th May 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn History, Dyker Beach, Lillian Russell, New York City History
From 1900 to 1908, the Dyker Meadow Golf Club had a mascot cat named Lillian Russell who was an expert fishing cat.
1904: Lillian Russell, the Fishing Cat of Brooklyn’s Dyker Meadow Golf Club, I
Posted: 13th May 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn History, Dyker Meadow Golf Course, Fort Hamilton, Jacques Cortelyou, New York History, Peter Cortelyou
Part I of a 2-Part Cat Tale Fishing at Dyker Meadows In 1821, Peter Cortelyou wrote a letter to William J. Lott concerning some local fishing practices that he thought could jeopardize the Cortelyou family fishery. The fishery was located on the Narrows at the foot of present-day Battery Avenue, adjacent to Dyker Meadows and […]
1902: The Homeless Cat Lady of Battle Row on Tenth Avenue and West 61st Street
Posted: 27th April 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat LadiesTags: Battle Row, Crazy Cat Lady, Helen Sawtelle, John Low, John Somarindyck, New York City History
“Go up Tenth Avenue and in various cross streets running down to the river are some of the worst blocks in the city; and there are blocks corresponding with them along the East River. The names of some of these places are significant: ‘Battle Row,’ and ‘Hell’s Kitchen,’ and ‘Sebastopol.’” — James W. Shepp and […]
