Archive for the ‘Feline Mascots’ Category

1913: Peter, the Pole-Sliding Fire Cat of Bushwick, Brooklyn

Posted: 13th March 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Feline Mascots
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The following story is dedicated to the six firefighters of Squad 252 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, who lost their lives at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. I’ve never known a cat to be very fond of fires and fire trucks – albeit, my cat Boo does love to climb ladders and bake in […]

1898: Peggy the Pug, Tom, and the Cat Martyrs of the USS Maine

Posted: 22nd February 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Feline Mascots
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During the 1800s and early 1900s, the Brooklyn Navy Yard served as a pseudo receiving and distributing station for the animal mascots of American warships. Some of these animals, like Tom of the USS Maine, were born at the Navy Yard, while others stopped in to visit from time to time during their many years […]

1930: Tammany, the Democratic Boss Cat of New York’s City Hall

Posted: 15th February 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Featured Felines, Feline Mascots
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I once wrote about Old Tom, who was a very popular mascot of New York’s City Hall in the early 1900s. Although several other cats took over Tom’s place at City Hall after he died, none of these felines were as popular as Tammany, who occupied City Hall during the administrations of Mayor Jimmy Walker […]

1908: The Lion Cub That Lived at The Plaza Hotel With Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy

Posted: 18th January 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Feline Mascots
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Once upon a time – June 1908, to be exact – an eccentric pseudo-princess portrait painter named Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy came to New York City, where she lived at the Plaza Hotel with a menagerie of wild animals.

1891: Old Tom Cat, the Brazen Pampered Pet of New York City Hall

Posted: 3rd January 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Featured Felines, Feline Mascots
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It was a cold and wet day in 1891 when the homely tabby kitten with white paws first tried to make New York’s City Hall his manor home. Somehow he got the nerve to march up the steps and enter the front door, saunter down the long hallway, and calmly begin to lick his fur dry.

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