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 […]
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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
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1922: The Daily News Asks: Does New York City Have Too Many Dogs?
Posted: 25th August 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Daily News, Francis Bayard Winthrop, Joseph W. Gavan, New York History, Nicholas Stilwell, Tudor City, Turtle Bay
Since my last two posts were about too many cats, I thought it appropriate to be fair and balanced by following up with a story about the history of the Daily News and too many dogs. Years ago, the New York Daily News had a daily feature called “The Inquiring Photographer,” in which citizens suggested questions […]
1885: Black Jack, the Police Hound Pardoned at Concordia Hall on Lower East Side
Posted: 2nd July 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Concordia Hall, John H. McCullagh, Kleindeutschland, New York City History, Old New York, Sozialistischer Frauenbund
In a recent post, I wrote about Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge, an anti-feminist who cared deeply for children and stray cats, but who strongly opposed the women’s suffragist movement. This following animal tale of Old New York features a woman named Miss Block, a German feminist whom I’m certain was strongly in favor of giving women the right to vote. […]
1944: Brownie Gavan, the Canine Squire of Kingsbridge (Bronx) Who Prevented a Burglary on Godwin Terrace
Posted: 17th June 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog TailsTags: Bronx History, George Moller, Godwin Terrace, Joseph Godwin, King's Bridge, Kingsbridge, Macomb, Marble Hill, New York City History, Roger Gavan, Spuyten Duyvil
Happy Fathers’ Day, Dad! This story is for you. I hope you enjoy reading about the fascinating history of your childhood home. (To my regular readers: The following story is quite long, but it is a gift to my father, so I put a lot of time and content into it. I hope you get […]
