I once wrote about the very first public tree lighting ceremony that took place on Christmas Eve in 1912. What I neglected to mention in that story was that Madison Square Park was covered in snow, thanks to a large storm on Christmas Eve that dumped almost a foot of snow on New York City. […]
Posts Tagged ‘Cat Stories’
Christmas 1912: Tim, the Polydactyl Shipwrecked Cat Rescued off Long Island
Posted: 11th December 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Featured FelinesTags: Cat Stories, Eatons Neck Life-Saving Station, Hemingway cats, Henry E. Ketcham, New York History, polydactyl, USLSS
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1932: The Cat That Took Down a Plane at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Posted: 26th November 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Cat StoriesTags: Annette Gipson, Cat Stories, Clarence Chamberlin, Felix the Cat, helium balloons, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York History
Whenever the forecasters call for windy weather on Thanksgiving, I always wonder whether the giant balloons are going to appear in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. If the wind speeds are higher than 34 miles per hour, the balloons don’t fly. That’s because in 2006, Macy’s incorporated several safety measures to prevent accidents and balloon-related […]
1907: Minnie, the Thanksgiving Cat of the Essex Market Police Court Prison
Posted: 15th November 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Featured FelinesTags: Cat Stories, Essex Market Place, Essex Market Police Court, Lower East Side, Minnie Maddern Fiske, New York History, Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving Day in 1907, all of the prisoners and felines at Essex Market received a big chicken dinner served by veteran matron, Mrs. R.R. Fitzgerald.
1928: The Three Kitten Mascots of the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Factory in Tribeca
Posted: 26th October 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat MenTags: Cat Stories, Engine Company 33, FDNY history, kittens rescued, Kraft, New York History, North Moore Street, Old New York, Rescue 1
During the 1800s and early 1900s, stories about animal mascots in New York City and other metropolitan areas appeared in the news almost on a weekly basis. The following tale about the mascots of the Kraft-Phenix cheese factory was rather unique, in that it was not about a fire, police, or ship mascot.
1946: Susie the King Cat of Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge Wharf
Posted: 15th September 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: Atlantic Yacht Club, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Beach, Cat Stories, Kerr Steamship, New York History, Sunset Park, Sunset Play Center
Weighing 20 pounds and standing about one foot tall, Susie was a jumbo cat. She was also the terror of the rats on the Kerr Steamship Company pier at the foot of 57th Street in the Bay Ridge section (now called Sunset Park) of Brooklyn. Susie would often kill up to 10 rats in a week; her record was eight rats in four hours.
