On May 3, 1939, one month after popular City Hall cat Tammany died at the Ellin Prince Speyer Hospital, an 11-month-old multicolored female cat from Woodside, Queens, made her debut at City Hall. The cat was the pet of City Hall night watchman Tom Halton, who had been greatly saddened by the passing of Tammany. […]
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1939: Snooky, the Sophisticated, Salmon-Loving Cat of New York’s City Hall
Posted: 16th May 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Fusion, New York City Hall, New York History, Snooky, Tom Halton
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1927: Ranger I and Ranger III, the Mascot Cats of the New York Rangers Hockey Team
Posted: 14th May 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Harry Westerby, Hopper Farm, Lester Patrick, Madision Square Garden III, New York History, New York Rangers, Tex Rickard, The Great Kill
New York Rangers trainer Harry Westerby discovered Ranger in the winter of 1927. The little girl cat was cold and whimpering outside the steel door of the hockey dressing room in back of Madison Square Garden III, so Westerby brought her indoors.
1920: Jack Bleeck and Minnie, the Mascot Mouser of a Men-Only Speakeasy
Posted: 11th April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Artist and Writers Club, Cat Stories, Cat Tales, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, John Bleeck, New York History
It was a cold November night in 1920 when good luck brought the orphan kitten to the Opera Café at 561 Seventh Avenue (near 40th Street). John “Jack” Bleeck, who had just taken over the place after working as a bartender there for nine years, saw the kitten outside and invited her in.
1914: Bendola Bailey, the Brooklyn Cat That Starred on Broadway
Posted: 2nd April 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: 88 Joralemon Street, Clara N. Bailey, New York History, Philip Livingston, The Garden of Paradise, William Nungasser
In Scene VII of The Garden of Paradise by Edward Sheldon, the Queen of the South asks her page to fetch her kitten, Pandora, from the garden. In this cameo role, the kitten is carried on stage, placed on a thrown, and almost stepped on as the Queen tries to escape from a planned marriage […]
1921 & 1936: Billy and Rusty, the Famous Felines of the Algonquin Hotel
Posted: 7th March 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories, Feline MascotsTags: Algonquin Cat, Algonquin Hotel, Ben Bodne, Frank Case, Matilda III, New York History
In 1936, a rather disheveled kitten about seven months old stepped into the lobby of New York City’s Algonquin Hotel on 44th Street. Like most stray cats, he was fighting for survival on the streets, and a hotel lobby was as good a place as any to search (or beg) for food and shelter. Frank […]
