Everyone knows that despite its nine lives, curiosity kills the cat. For the sea-faring cats in this story, it was curiosity and a war-time ban on ship whistles that left them stranded on the Chelsea Piers ship terminal during WWI and WWII.
Posts Tagged ‘Cat Stories’
1917 and 1945: The Refugee Sea Cats of Chelsea Piers
Posted: 28th April 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Animal Tales, Cat Stories, Chelsea Piers, mascot cats, New York History, Old New York, Seafaring cats
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1910: Captain Kitty: John Moisant and Paris-London, His Co-Pilot Cat
Posted: 9th April 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat StoriesTags: aviation history, Cat Stories, cats in history, Harriet Quimby, Historical Cats, John Moisant, New York History
John Bevins Moisant, a pioneer United States aviator, was never without his beloved tabby cat, Mademoiselle Fifi. Even when performing aerial maneuvers over cities or racing his Blériot monoplane around the Statue of Liberty, Fifi was always at his side.
1897: The Cat that Christened the New York City Post Office Pneumatic Mail Tubes
Posted: 10th March 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Featured FelinesTags: cat pneumatic tube, Cat Stories, New York History, New York Post Office, Old New York, pneumatic mail tubes, Produce Exchange
On October 7, 1897, a ceremonial demonstration took place at the General Post Office to celebrate the new pneumatic tube system. Demonstration canisters carried a peach, a suit of clothes, and a live cat in a cotton sack
