Posts Tagged ‘Cats of Old New York’

1889: Ko-Ko, the Cat Who Went Missing From the Art Students League of New York

Posted: 14th February 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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In February 1889, it was not uncommon to see a group of young ladies walking up and down East 23rd Street in search of a new good-luck mascot cat for the Art Students League of New York.

1897: The Brooklyn Cat That Stopped Trolley Traffic on Fulton Street

Posted: 9th February 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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When a black cat became trapped and held up traffic on the trolley roads running through Fulton Street (Brooklyn), a crowd of people and a trolley motorman came to his rescue.

1897: The Stray Cat of Harlem That Saved 150 Lives in the Hermione Building

Posted: 5th February 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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When William P. Davenport took in a stray cat that he found outside his second-floor apartment, he did not know that he had just made the best decision of his life. Not only did the cat save his life, but it also saved the lives of about 150 other people living in the Hermione building on Park Avenue and 116th Street.

1935: Nip, the Heroic Kitten-Saving Fire Dog of Brooklyn

Posted: 3rd February 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cats in the Mews
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A veteran fire dog with Engine Company No. 203 at 533 Hicks Street, was 12 years old and a 6-year legendary veteran with the fire company when he made his eighth heroic rescue on February 2, 1935.

1897: The Sailor’s Kitten That Escaped From the Essex Market Prison

Posted: 27th January 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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On January 27, 1897, a sailor named John Dolan was fined $3 in the Essex Market Police Court for being drunk in public. During his arraignment, he carried a tiny pet kitten under his coat.

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