If you follow my blog, than you are no doubt a cat lover and probably also someone who is interested in New York City history (at least a tiny bit). That is why I am thrilled to let you know about my latest venture: Cats About Town historical walking tours of Brooklyn and Manhattan!
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2024: Introducing “Cats About Town” NYC Walking Tours For Cat Lovers
Posted: 19th July 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bodega Cats, Brooklyn Heights, Cat Lovers, Cats About Town, Cats of Old New York, Walking Tours
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1869: Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn’s Plymouth Church Loved Cats
Posted: 12th July 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn Heights, Cats About Town, Cats of Old New York, Henry Ward Beecher, Plymouth Church
In my last post, I wrote about the famous pastor and orator of Plymouth Church who adopted a little boy’s cat from Indiana and named her Hoosier Cat. I also posted the words of an essay that he penned on cats in the Christian Union in 1870.
I just found another cat essay by Mr. Beecher from 1869 that I simply must share. I believe this essay is even better than the one he wrote in 1870.
1870: Hoosier Cat, the Homeless Cat Adopted by Henry Ward Beecher
Posted: 3rd July 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn Heights History, Cats of Old New York, Henry Ward Beecher, Jacob Hicks, Middagh, Plymouth Church
Henry Ward Beecher was an American clergyman, social reformer, and speaker known for his support of the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage, and Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, to name just a few of his passionate causes. Imagine my surprise when I learned that he was also a cat man!
1918: Roughneck, the Mascot Cat of New York’s Tank Corps
Posted: 3rd May 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: 253 Madison Avenue, Cats of Old New York, James V. Parker, Military Mascots, Tanks Corps
In September 1918, the New York Times reported that the Tank Corps men of new York had placed an advertisement for a black cat to serve as its mascot. The corps used a viscous-looking black cat on its recruiting posters, so the men in New York thought it would be great to have a live cat that could serve as a mascot as well as an attraction at an upcoming benefit event.
1902: Tabby Burgmeir, the Butcher’s Cat of Windsor Terrace Who Came Back
Posted: 8th April 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Anna M. Ferris, Brooklyn History, Cat Museum of NYC, Garrett L. Martense, Jennie V. Wilbur, Louis Burgmeier, Windsor Terrace
After moving to New Jersey with his human family, Tabby the cat traveled 26 miles to return to the German butcher shop he loved so much in Brooklyn,
A sweet cat tale plus some interesting history about the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn..
