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.
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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
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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…
1915: The Flushing and Bideawee Cats That Starred in a Gaumont Company Moving Picture
Posted: 7th January 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Captain John Graham, Cats of Old New York, Cissy Fitzgerald, College Point, Eliphalet Stratton, Gaumont Company, Strattonport
When director Edwin Middleton needed dozens of cats for the comedic moving picture “A Corner in Cats,” he turned to the streets of Flushing and the Bide-a-Wee home for animals in Manhattan.
This fun tale features cats, a film studio in Flushing, Queens, and an old mansion in College Point with secret tunnels that may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad.
1949: Cheechee, the Cigar Store Cat at Schermerhorn and Smith Streets Who Came Home for Christmas
Posted: 28th November 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Amber Davis, Brooklyn Children's Court, Brooklyn History, David Karp, Elizabeth Eaton Carver Whittier, Robert J. Wilkin, Thomas Tupper Whittier
When Cheechee disappeared from the Central Court Cigar Store at the corner of Schermerhorn and Smith Streets just a few weeks before Christmas in 1949, everyone in the neighborhood lost some of their holiday cheer. Kids from one to 92 would not have a merry Christmas until Santa brought her back safely.
1928: The Pedigreed Cat That Galvanized Plans for a Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Posted: 12th November 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: A.D. Republican Club, Amy Wren, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Cats of Old New York, Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont, Pierrepont
A few human engineers have tried to take credit for conceiving the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. But it was a pampered pet cat that first got the ball rolling for the clever and successful concept. Yes, a cat.
