Many old stories have been told of the Brooklyn-born canine and feline mascots that went to sea (like Peggy and Tom of the USS Maine, as an example), but this tale, which takes place at Pier 12 of the New York Dock Company, is about a landlubber dog and cat who patrolled the Brooklyn waterfront.
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1934: Brownie and Flora, the Dog and Cat Guardians of Brooklyn’s Pier 12
Posted: 18th October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Dog TailsTags: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company, Joe Santanelli, Montague Street, New York Dock Company, Pierrepont
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Hatching Cat Story Wins 2022 Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion Award
Posted: 16th October 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Cat Writers' Association, CWA, Muse Medallion
I am pleased and excited to announce that one of the three stories that I entered into the Cat Writers’ Association 2022 Communications Contest has won a prestigious Muse Medallion!
1894: The Famous Boxing Cats That Headlined at NYC’s Huber’s Museum
Posted: 12th September 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Boxing Cats, Cats of Old New York, George H. Huber, New York City History, Thomas Edison
Forget the light bulb. Let’s talk about Thomas Edison’s short film starring Professor Henry Welton and his famous Boxing Cats! This 1894 film may very well be the first ever funny cat film ever made. (I even found out the names of the Boxing Cats…)
1903: Morris, the Faithful Police Cat of the Sheepshead Bay Station in Homecrest
Posted: 12th August 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Feline MascotsTags: Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Homecrest, Ira Ferris, police cats, Sheepshead Bay
For fifteen years, Morris served as the ever-watchful feline mascot and mouser of the Sheepshead Bay police station, which was located in the Homecrest neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay. As official police cat of the 68th Precinct, it was his job to nab the rats and other vermin with which the rural district was infested.
1903: C. Buster, the battleship cat treated at the Fort Greene Hospital for Dogs and Cats
Posted: 27th July 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn History, Fort Greene, Herbert J. Brotheridge, Ship cats, USS Indiana
There was much sorrow and indignation among the men on board the USS Indiana on April 27, 1903. That day, there were about six men on the battleship’s sick list. C. Buster, the battleship cat, was also on the sick list.
“C. Buster!” the ship’s surgeon called out. Letting out a plaintive meow and hopping on three legs, the battleship cat responded to the doctor’s summons. Not able to explain his injury, the cat held up his paw and allowed the doctor to examine it…
