In the early 1890s, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was overrun with rodents. Almost all the docks in the yard were in need of repair where they had been gnawed by the rats, and the losses in rigging, spare sails, and other wares were also great. Unfortunately, there was not one cat to be found during […]
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1900: The Brave and Brawny Black Cats of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Posted: 17th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Admiral's Row, Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cat Stories, feral cats, Francis T. Bowles, Kings County Distillery, New York History, William L. Cowan
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1893: The Tombs’ Black Cat That Befriended Prisoners on Murderers’ Row
Posted: 12th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Carlyle W. Harris, Collect Pond, Helen Potts, Murderers' Row, New York History, The Tombs
A creepy true tale of scandal, murder, and a cat that made his home at The Tombs prison in Old New York.
1934: Arson and Homicide, the New York Cats on the Job at Police Headquarters
Posted: 22nd September 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories, Feline MascotsTags: 240 Centre Street, 300 Mulberry Street, Cat Stories, Centre Market, New York History, New York Police Headquaters, NYPD, police cat
From the day he was born, Homicide was destined to be a police cat. No one knows where he came from, or if he ever attended Police College, but the flat-footed feline knew exactly what it meant to be on the job in New York City.
1904–1922: Pete, Bill, and Tammy, the Mousers on the Job in Morrisania
Posted: 30th August 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Lieutenant Peter Brady, Morrisania, Morrisania Police, New York History, NYPD history, police mascots
The Morrisania police station on Washington Avenue at 160th Street was the perfect candidate for a station house cat.
1902 and 1932: Billy and Tommy, the Goat and Cat Mascots of The Lambs
Posted: 21st August 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Animal Tales, Daniel Frohman, Hilda Spong, Joe Laurie Jr., New York History, New York Theater, The Lambs, Tommy Lamb
A while back, I wrote about Sir Oliver, a parrot that performed on Broadway in the early 1900s and served as mascot for The Lambs, America’s first professional theatrical club. Right after I posted the story, New York actor and Lambs’ Shepherd (president) Marc Baron contacted me to tell me that The Lambs also had […]
