As many of my readers know, I am currently working on a compilation of cat stories for my upcoming book, The Cat Men of Gotham: Tales of Feline Friendships in Old New York. The book features 42 stories in nine cat-lives chapters. In addition to some favorite stories from my Hatching Cat blog, there are […]
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Coming Soon! The Cat Men of Gotham
Posted: 4th October 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Cats of Old New York, New York City History, Old New York, The Cat Men of Gotham
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1894: The Candy Factory Mastiff Who Stood Up for the Cats of Cortlandt Street
Posted: 28th September 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Dog HeroesTags: Cat Stories, Cortlandt Street, Dog stories, Mulford Martin, New York City History, Ralph Patchen
More than a century before the World Trade Center was attacked on September 11, 2001, and about 25 years before the site became known as Radio Row (a small business district specializing in the sale and repair of radios), Cortlandt Street was home to numerous factories and loft buildings. And lots of stray cats. For one sassy little bull terrier who resided […]
1917: Dr. Hale’s House of 100 Cats in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn (Part II)
Posted: 16th August 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: 40 First Place, Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Public Baths, Cats of Old New York, Dr. William Henry Hale, New York City History, Public Bath No. 7
In Part I of this Old New York cat story, we met Dr. Hale, the superintendent of Brooklyn’s public baths who was arrested and charged with uncleanliness — that is, for having a messy house filled with way too many cats. In Part II, I’ll tell you why the fur was flying at 40 First Place […]
1917: Dr. William H. Hale’s House of 100 Cats in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn (Part I)
Posted: 13th August 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn Public Baths, Carroll Gardens, Cats of Old New York, Louisa G. Hale, New York History, William H. Hale
Part I: Guilty of Having Too Many Cats Many people ask me how I find all the stories for my Hatching Cat blog. One of the things I often do is search for keywords in the old newspaper archives that are available online. For this story, I searched for news articles about “too many cats.” […]
1899: Dewey, Stockings, and the Great Cat Hunt at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital
Posted: 28th July 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bellevue Hospital, Insane Pavilion, Leia James, Lillie James, New York City History
Miss Lillie James had a lot of cats. She adored her pets, but her extreme affection for them eventually took over her life. Soon she could do nothing but worry that her feline companions would abandon her or die. Her sister, Miss Leia James, told the doctors at Bellevue Hospital that Lillie had been driven crazy by her cats. Miss […]
