On September 16, 1910, The New York Times ran a small article about a want-ad soliciting 300 cats for performances at the Manhattan Opera House on 34th Street.
According to the article, the stage director would accept all cats–with or without stage experience–to take part in the production of “Hans, the Flute Player.” The comedic opera was going to be the opening act for Oscar Hammerstein’s opera house.
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1910: The 300 Cats Wanted to Act at the Manhattan Opera House
Posted: 17th September 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Cats in the Mews, Cats of Old New York, Manhattan Opera House, New York City History, Oscar Hammerstein
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1905: Malta, the Missing Maltese Cat of Russell Sage, a Manhattan Millionaire Miser
Posted: 1st September 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: 632 Broadway, Cats of Old New York, New York City History, Olivia Slocum Sage, Russell Sage
On August 31, 1905, The New York Times and the New-York Tribune reported that Malta, the pet Maltese cat of 89-year-old Russell Sage and his 77-year-old wife, Olivia, had gone missing. The millionaire miser offered a $10 reward for the cat’s safe return.
1897: The Shower of Cats That Invaded the Brush Block in Huntington, Long Island
Posted: 19th August 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Bank of Huntington, Brush Block, Cats of Old New York, Huntington, James Madison Brush, New York History
On August 19, 1897, it rained cats in front of the Brush Block building on Main Street and New York Avenue in Huntington, Long Island. Customers of the human kind could do nothing but walk cautiously along the sidewalk as the business owners used brooms to sweep cats out and hold others at bay.
1904: Lady Gray, The Mother Cat Who Adopted 5 Pedigree Orphan Puppies in Brooklyn
Posted: 21st July 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: ASPCA, Cats of Old New York, Grace Louise Fahnestock, Malbone Street Wreck, Ralph Malbone, Samuel Fergusen Fahnestock, Tom French
On July 19, 1904, the New York Times and many other newspapers across the country reported on a mother Maltese cat who was caring for her two kittens and five pedigree orphan puppies in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn.
1907: The Miserable Life of a Hell’s Kitchen Cat
Posted: 10th June 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews, Cats of Old New York, New York City History
From the New York Sun, June 9, 1907: The cats of Hell’s Kitchen are tough cats. They are tough for the same reason that the cats of Fifth Avenue are genteel. It is all a question of environment.
