“Remember when the Norton’s Point Lighthouse was built? Several times I was down there and climbed to the top of the unfinished structure. What a wilderness of sand dunes the point was at that time. With a friend I used to go often to the Coney Island beach in winter and dig clams, which were […]
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1933: Tommy Mulligan, the Lighthouse Cat of Norton’s Point on Coney Island
Posted: 18th January 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Coney Island, Coney Island History, Coney Island Lighthouse, Herbert Greenwood, New York History, Norton & Murray, Norton's Point
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1905: Bright Eyes, the Kitten Mascot of the Joralemon Street Tunnel
Posted: 3rd January 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn Heights, Joralemon Street Tunnel, kitten mascot, New York History, Richard Creeden, tunnel blowout
“Then all of a sudden I strikes water and opens my eyes. I was flying through the air, and before I comes down I had a fine view of the city.”–Joralemon Street Tunnel worker Richard Creeden, March 27, 1905 The following story is about a little kitten who arrived at the Joralemon Street Tunnel in […]
1906: Merry Christmas from the Parcel-Post Kitten of Yorkville
Posted: 24th December 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Christmas Cat TalesTags: Christmas kitten, Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, New York History, Post Office history, talking doll, Thomas Edison Talking Doll, Yorkville
I once went to my neighborhood United States Post Office to mail some parcel-post packages to family on the west coast. As I was deciding whether to use parcel post or priority service, the clerk asked me if the boxes contained anything that was liquid, fragile, or had batteries. The clerk did not, however, ask […]
1932: The Black Cat That Jinxed the Boston Braves at the New York Polo Grounds
Posted: 1st November 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: baseball superstitions, Boston Braves, Carl Hubbell, Coogan's Bluff, Henry Fabian, New York Giants, New York History, Polo Grounds, Tom Zachary
Of all the athletes in the world, baseball players are no doubt the most superstitious of them all. Perhaps that’s why the appearance of a black cat at the Polo Grounds created quite a stir…
1906: Lulu Grover and the East Harlem Cats She Bequeathed to President Roosevelt
Posted: 26th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Angora cats, Cat Stories, Henry L. Stimson, Lulu B. Grover, New York History, President Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt
Lulu B. Grover loved her two Angora cats almost as much as she adored President Theodore Roosevelt. So when she decided to end her life on December 8, 1906, she first made sure that all the necessary preparations were in place to ensure her cats went to a good home after her death – in other words, the White House.
