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 […]
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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
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1909: The Great Catnip Caper of the 39th Police Precinct in East Harlem
Posted: 2nd October 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: 104th Street Police Station, 39th Police Precinct, Cat Tales of Old New York, Herman Gottlieb, John F. Higgins, New York History
East Harlem merchant G. Herman Gottlieb had a little knowledge of botany and a great desire to make some quick cash. So he left his home at 188 East 99th Street with two empty baskets and made his way to the wooded area on Dyckman Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan. There, he worked all day long […]
1894: Snooperkatz, the Mischievous Silk Thread Shop Cat at Broadway and Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village
Posted: 17th September 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: 644 Broadway, Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, Christian Gudebrod, Gudebrod Brothers Silk Company, Lorillard, Manhattan Savings Institution, New York City History
Christian Gudebrod, a man described as “handsome with a clear, pink complexion and a long, straight blond mustache,” was a prominent manufacturer of silk sewing threads in New York City and Pennsylvania. One of seven brothers whose family had emigrated from Germany to Connecticut in the mid-1800s, Christian was instrumental in founding The Gudebrod Brothers […]
1914 and 1930: The New York City Cats and Goats That Butchered the Butcher Shop on James Street
Posted: 31st August 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: Cat Stories, Ignatz Sethmeier, James Street, Lower East Side, New York City History, Oak Street Police Station, Old New York
Prelude to the 1914 Cat Attack In the early morning hours of November 4, 1911, a bomb went off in front of a butcher shop and coffee saloon on the northwest corner of James Street and Oak Street in New York City’s Lower East Side. The explosion could be heard two blocks away at the […]
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 […]
