Everyone knows that despite its nine lives, curiosity kills the cat. For the sea-faring cats in this story, it was curiosity and a war-time ban on ship whistles that left them stranded on the Chelsea Piers ship terminal during WWI and WWII.
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1917 and 1945: The Refugee Sea Cats of Chelsea Piers
Posted: 28th April 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Animal Tales, Cat Stories, Chelsea Piers, mascot cats, New York History, Old New York, Seafaring cats
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1910: Captain Kitty: John Moisant and Paris-London, His Co-Pilot Cat
Posted: 9th April 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: aviation history, Cat Stories, cats in history, Harriet Quimby, Historical Cats, John Moisant, New York History
John Bevins Moisant, a pioneer United States aviator, was never without his beloved tabby cat, Mademoiselle Fifi. Even when performing aerial maneuvers over cities or racing his Blériot monoplane around the Statue of Liberty, Fifi was always at his side.
1911: The French Hatching Cat of Palisades Amusement Park
Posted: 23rd February 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Cats of Old New York, Fernand Akoud, French Hatching Cat, Historical Cats, Old New York, Palisades Amusement Park
My first Hatching Cat post, about a large Angora cat from Paris who loved sitting on eggs and being surrounded by the baby chicks she helped to hatch.
