Free Virtual Event: Join me on Thursday, August 27, at noon, for the Dog Days of Gotham: Dames, Damsels, and Pampered Pooches of Old New York. In this virtual tour, we’ll “walk” through the old city streets while I share fascinating and hilarious stories of wealthy and eccentric women and the pampered pooches they adored.
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Virtual Event for Dog Lovers: The Dog Days of Gotham
Posted: 23rd August 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Virtual EventsTags: Dog Days of Gotham, New York City History, Untapped New York, Virtual Event
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1888: Cozey Bell, the Skye Terrier Almost Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
Posted: 11th September 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Absalom Peters, Daniel Tier, Gilbert Valentine, Mary A. Bell, New York City History, William A. Booth, Woodlawn Cemetery
When Mrs. Mary A. Bell’s Skye terrier died in 1888, she purchased a plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and buried her beloved Cozey Bell among the human graves.
1897: Jack, the Heroic Newfoundland Dog of the Ellis Island Fire
Posted: 16th March 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog TailsTags: Castle Garden, Dr. Joseph J. Senner, Ellis Island, Immigration Act, New York City History, Samuel Ellis
On the morning of June 15, 1897, a large fire destroyed the immigrant landing station that covered most of Ellis Island, causing a property loss of close to $1 million for the United States Government. Every immigrant escaped unharmed, thanks to the watchmen, attendants, doctors, and nurses who came to their rescue. All of the […]
1902: Jerry, the Good Dog Gone Bad at Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Avenue Police Station
Posted: 5th January 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Police History, Greenpoint Avenue, John A. Meserole, Neziah Bliss, NYPD history
In Old New York, almost every police station had a least one canine mascot in addition to one or more feline mousers. Although the cats seemed to get most of the press in those days, every once and a while a story about a police station’s mascot dog would appear in the paper. Oftentimes, the […]
1904: Subway Nellie, the Irish Setter Mascot of the Station at Bleecker and Elm Streets
Posted: 5th November 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: 166 Crosby Street, 634 Broadway, Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, Bleecker Street, New York History
A few years ago, I wrote about a mixed-breed dog who made herself at home at the excavation site of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) Joralemon-Street Tunnel under the East River. The men christened the dog Subway Nellie, in order to make sure no one confused her with all the other dogs named Nellie […]
