Posts Tagged ‘Brooklyn History’

1915: Pussy Suff, the Cheerleading Cat of the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association

Posted: 22nd June 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cats in the Mews
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There is a saying that goes, “Cats rule. Dogs drool.” When it came to picking a side during the women’s suffrage movement in Brooklyn, the cat in this story ruled. She picked the winning side–the Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association.

1899: The Birthday Festival for Ko-Ko, the Revered Cat of Mrs. Edwin Knowles

Posted: 12th June 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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To celebrate her beloved cat’s 13th birthday, Mrs. Sarah Knowles held a fancy breakfast in his honor at her home in Brooklyn. Many newspapers across the country picked up the story and waxed poetic about the pampered cat.

1899: The Lifesaving Pets of Brooklyn That Saved Three Families on St. Marks Place

Posted: 2nd June 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories
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But for an alarm of fire sounded by the three pets in the household of Bernard Abrahams at 90 St. Marks Place in Brooklyn, the members of three families may have lost their lives on August 23, 1899. That day, Mrs. Abrahams was awakened by the barking, screeching, and meowing of the family’s brindle bull […]

1927: Victory, the Good-Luck Cat of the Brooklyn Robins (aka Brooklyn Dodgers)

Posted: 5th April 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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With the 2023 baseball season upon us, the story of the Brooklyn Robins feline mascot is a great “Did You Know?” story to share with the cat lovers and baseball fans in your life.

The story also has ties to the Old Stone House of Gowanus, where hundreds of Maryland soldiers lost their lives while trying to save George Washington and his troops during the Revolutionary War.

This is Part 1 of a two-part story.

1895: Mike, The Williamsburg Post Office Cat Almost Mailed Overseas

Posted: 26th February 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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Here is the fun tale of Mike, the female Williamsburg Post Office cat. Not only was Mike misnamed, she was “missent.” If there had been an Internet back then, this story would have surely gone viral.

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