Although she lived through three storms while at sea in a small rowboat, Tabby the cat never lost even one of her nine lives during her nine days in the Sandy Hook Bay.
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1884: Tabby, the Staten Island Cat of Eltingville Set Out to Sea for 9 Days
Posted: 20th August 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Cats of Old New York, New York History, Noah Elting, Staten Island history
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1944: The Chimney Cat Rescue of West Farms
Posted: 27th July 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Adriatic Hotel, Bryant Avenue, Cats of Old New York, Rose Colgan, Thomas Walker, West Farms
In April 1944, an unnamed cat fell down the chimney of a six-story apartment building at 1973 Bryant Avenue in West Farms. For four days and nights, Rose Colgan, who lived on the first floor, listened to the poor cat cry behind a wall in her department. It took four days, but she finally decided to take action.
1899: The Birthday Festival for Ko-Ko, the Revered Cat of Mrs. Edwin Knowles
Posted: 12th June 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: 868 Lafayette Avenue, Amphion Theatre, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Edwin Knowles, Sarah Goodrich Knowles
To celebrate her beloved cat’s 13th birthday, Mrs. Sarah Knowles held a fancy breakfast in his honor at her home in Brooklyn. Many newspapers across the country picked up the story and waxed poetic about the pampered cat.
1905-1910: Dr. Ralph Irving Lloyd and the Cats of Park Slope, Brooklyn
Posted: 15th May 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Cats of Old Brooklyn, Park Slope, Ralph Irving Lloyd, Vintage Cat Photos
Dr. Ralph Irving Lloyd was an eye doctor who also had an eye for cats.
In the early 1900s, Lloyd created dozens of lantern slides of cats in his Park Slope neighborhood, where he lived for a good chunk of his 93 years of life.
1899: The Anti-Cat Club and the Catastrophic Cat Fight at the Windermere Apartments
Posted: 28th April 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: 400 West 57th Street, Henry Goodale, New York City History, The Windermere
In the spring of 1899, 18 years after the Windermere opened at 400 West 57th Street, a war broke out between the cat-loving and cat-hating tenants.
I must warn you that this true story involves gun violence against cats, but it also provides a unique insight into life at the Windermere (one of the city’s oldest apartment buildings) and life in Old New York.
