Tim Leahy was only seven years old when his father died and his mother ran away and left him on his own. With no other living relatives in his homeland of Ireland, he was put on a ship and sent to live with a great aunt in New York City. Great Aunt Julia Kelley was […]
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1896: Tige, the Newfoundland of the Mount Loretto Orphanage for Boys in Staten Island, Part I
Posted: 8th May 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: 400 East 48th Street, Father John Christopher Drumgoole, Julia Kelley, Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, Mount Loretto, New York History, Tim Leahy
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1887: Punch and Chico, the Photogenic Dogs of Alice Austen That Lived Where History Was Made, Part II
Posted: 20th February 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Alice Austen, Gertrude Tate, New York History, Staten Island Poor Farm, Stephen Martineau
Chico and Punch, the two pampered pooches of photographer Alice Austen, on the porch of Clear Comfort, the 17th-century farmhouse on Staten Island where Alice spent most of her life. Chico and Punch lived with Alice for about 15 years, during which time she took many photos of them. Alice took this photograph in 1893. […]
1889: The Princess and the Pampered French Bulldogs Who Lived at the Gilsey House in New York City, Part I
Posted: 8th January 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: 1200 Broadway, Aimee Crocker, Casper Samler, Gilsey House, Henry Gillig, New York City History, Old New York, Porter Ashe, Samler Farm
This story is about three French bulldogs, the first cricket club in New York City, an old farm, and a grand hotel called Gilsey House. It stars a pseudo-princess named Aimée Isabella Crocker Ashe Gillig Gouraud Miskinoff Galitzine. If I had the ability, I’d turn this Old New York tale into a movie. Part I: Aimée […]
