In December 1926, a live cat was shipped from Morrisville, NY, to the Brooklyn General Post Office via the New York, Ontario, and Western Railway. Four wild rabbits also arrived at the post office on the same day, albeit, they were not as fortunate as the cat.
Posts Tagged ‘Brooklyn History’
1926: The Cat and Rabbits That Were Mailed to the Brooklyn General Post Office
Posted: 5th December 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: Albert B.W. Firmin, Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Post Office, Cats of Old New York, Joel C. Bunce, Morrisville, Ontario and Western Railway
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1895: The Brooklyn Bridge Watchman and His Brooklyn Bridge Watch Cat
Posted: 13th October 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York
Before the Brooklyn Bridge was built, there were tenements where the approaches are now. And in those tenement buildings–according to the Brooklyn Bridge watchman–were cats. Lots of cats. One special cat with superior skills became a Brooklyn Bridge watch cat.
1901: Rough Rider, the Brooklyn Goat Who Ate His Way Through Sheepshead Bay
Posted: 6th July 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Animals of Old Brooklyn, Billy goat, Brooklyn History, Jeremiah Tappen, Sheepshead Bay
Rough Rider, a “spotlessly white and clean” billy goat, about 3 years old, showed up in Sheepshead Bay in 1900. For the next year, he ate his way through gardens and clotheslines along Sheepshead Bay Road.
True and Unusual Animal Tales of Old Brooklyn: Virtual Zoom Presentation, July 1, 2020; 7 p.m. (ET)
Posted: 27th June 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Animals of Old Brooklyn, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn History, Virtual Presentation
Join me and the Brooklyn Historical Society as we travel back in time to explore the history of Brooklyn via amazing stories about Brooklyn cats, dogs, horses, and other animals that made the newspaper headlines in the late 1800s and early 1900s. July 1, 2020, 7-8 p.m. (ET). Free. Register today.
1893: A Carroll Gardens Cat and a Tree Grow in Brooklyn
Posted: 19th February 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the MewsTags: Brooklyn History, Carroll Gardens, Cats of Old New York, First Place, Willie Morton
On February 18, 1893, a young boy rescued a cat that had been stuck high in a maple tree at the corner of Court Street and First Place in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn.
