When a Bergen Street trolley struck a horse-drawn milk wagon near the corner of New York Avenue in 1907, street cats and parlor cats came from every direction to wade and wallow in the spilled milk.
Posts Tagged ‘Bedford Corners’
1907: The Bedford Cats of Brooklyn Who Swam in Milk on Bergen Street, Part II
Posted: 27th October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bedford Corners, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Lefferts, New York City History
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1907: The Bedford, Brooklyn Cats Who Swam in Milk on Bergen Street, Part I
Posted: 20th October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Bedford Corners, Bergen Street, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Lefferts, New York City History
“Midnight prowlers and back-fence howlers enjoyed a lacteal orgy yesterday morning at the expense of William Evans, 250 Herkimer Street, whose milk wagon was struck by a Bergen Street trolley car.” New York Sun, June 30, 1907
