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.
Archive for the ‘Cat Stories’ Category
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
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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.
1927: Victory, the Good-Luck Cat of the Brooklyn Robins (aka Brooklyn Dodgers)
Posted: 5th April 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn History, New York City History, Old Stone House, Vechte-Cortelyou House, Washington Park
With the 2023 baseball season upon us, the story of the Brooklyn Robins feline mascot is a great “Did You Know?” story to share with the cat lovers and baseball fans in your life.
The story also has ties to the Old Stone House of Gowanus, where hundreds of Maryland soldiers lost their lives while trying to save George Washington and his troops during the Revolutionary War.
This is Part 1 of a two-part story.
1907: The $500 Reward for a Kips Bay Kitten
Posted: 13th March 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Charles Neal Leigh, Hendrick Kip, Jacob Kip, Kips Bay, Mollie Carpenter Leigh, Wareham
Two days after the pet kitten of Charles Neal Leigh and his wife Mollie Carpenter disappeared from their apartment on Lexington Avenue, Charles placed an ad in the newspaper. His intention was to offer a $5 reward for the cat’s safe return…
An Old New York cat tale set in the historic Kips Bay neighborhood. with some loose ties to Old Spice cologne and Poland Spring Water…
1895: Mike, The Williamsburg Post Office Cat Almost Mailed Overseas
Posted: 26th February 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: A.J. Eamley, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Lucius N. Palmer, Station W, Williamsburg
Here is the fun tale of Mike, the female Williamsburg Post Office cat. Not only was Mike misnamed, she was “missent.” If there had been an Internet back then, this story would have surely gone viral.
