For four months in 1936, Bess was the most famous mother of all the Brooklyn fire dogs in the Fire Department of New York. But then her own daughter took over the Top Mom title of the FDNY.
Posts Tagged ‘Brooklyn History’
1930s: Peggy, Pal, and Bess, the Prize-Winning Brooklyn Fire Dogs of the FDNY
Posted: 13th January 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: Brooklyn History, Dalmatians, Engine Company 271, FDNY history, fire dogs, Waldheim
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1891: Patsey, The State Street Fire Cat of Brooklyn’s Hook and Ladder Company 10
Posted: 5th October 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: 264 State Street, Brooklyn Fire Department, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Fire Cats, Ladder Company 110, Schermerhorn Street
Two days after the new Hook and Ladder Company No. 10 of the Brooklyn Fire Department went into service, a new member was added to the roster: a small cat “who wore a fur coat which in color resembled a tortoise shell.”
1903: Bob, the Canine Golf Caddy of Brooklyn’s Marine and Field Club
Posted: 24th February 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: Brooklyn History, Dyker Meadow Golf Club, James Pottle, Marine and Field Club, Maud B. Pottle
Bob was an intelligent greyhound owned by a young golfer named Miss Maud Beatrice Pottle of Bath Beach, Brooklyn. He was specially trained to be Miss Pottle’s golf caddy. She even made a harness for him which allowed him to securely carry her golf clubs.
