In 1891, Hurlbut Chapman, a once prominent lawyer from Rye, New York, leased the old John C. Bergen homestead at 972 Flatbush Avenue, at the corner of Avenue A (today’s Albemarle Road). There, he opened the Whitby Kennels, where he boarded the dogs and cats of wealthy New Yorkers.
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1891: The Well-Bred Cats and Dogs of the Whitby Kennels in Flatbush, Brooklyn
Posted: 13th February 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Dog TailsTags: Dominie Freeman, Flatbush Avenue, Hurlbut Chapman, John C. Bergen, New York History, Teunis Bergen, Whitby Kennels
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1894: The Irish Cat, the Spanish Duke, and New York Mayor Gilroy
Posted: 16th January 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Feline MascotsTags: Duke of Veragua, Francis W. Dickins, New York History, Old New York, Thomas F. Gilroy
Miss Bridget Cork, a dark gray Irish cat, arrived at New York City Hall on February 14, 1894.
1912: The Cat Lady of Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, and the Mysterious Thanksgiving Day Fire
Posted: 13th November 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat LadiesTags: Alphonse Friedrich, Anthony Oreckinto, Brooklyn History, Cat Stories, Hoyt Street, New York History, Octavia Friedrich
In one of a cluster of six shabby little frame houses at Hoyt and Livingston Streets, Brooklyn, stubbornly holding their own there against the huge overshadowing business buildings reared all about them, there lived until yesterday a hermit spinster, Miss Octavia Fredericks. The neighborhood was full of stories of her, many of them purely legendary […]
1895: George Techow and His Performing Cats That Made Their Debut on Broadway
Posted: 31st October 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Criterion Theatre, Herr Techow, Moscow Cat Theatre, Olympia Theatre, Oscar Hammerstein, Techow's Cats
“His collection of tabbies is the only show made up entirely of feline soubrettes that was ever organized in the world. Everything they do is performed with the upmost grace. They are as clever as any trick dogs or monkeys and much more entertaining to watch.” – Los Angeles Herald, September 6, 1896, in a […]
1884: Mutilator and the Legendary Newspaper Office Cats of The Sun
Posted: 15th September 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Charles Dana, Helen Winslow, New York History, Office Cat, The Sun, Willard Bartlett
“A single member of this [cat] family has been known, on a ‘rush’ night, to devour three and a half columns of presidential possibilities, seven columns of general politics, pretty much all but the head of a large and able-bodied railroad accident, and a full page of miscellaneous news, and then claw the nether garments […]
