Mrs. James L. Ward, a widow and proverbial “crazy cat lady,” took a lease of the top floor above Jack’s Restaurant in July 1910. At that time, she had two cats, a pug dog, and a parrot. But then the cats had two cats, and they had two cats, and so on, and so on…
Posts Tagged ‘Cats of Old New York’
1900: The Dogs (and Cats and Rabbits and Squirrels and Parrot) of Governors Island
Posted: 11th May 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: Castle Williams, Cats of Old New York, Dogs of Old New York, Governors Island Dogs, James Franklin Wade
In my last two posts, I wrote about the Army cats of New York City’s Army Building on Whitehall Street and the black cat mascot of the New York Tank Corps. This next story for Military Appreciation Month goes to the dogs. The military dogs of Governors Island.
1898: General Weyler and the New York City Army Cats at 39 Whitehall Street
Posted: 27th April 2024 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Working CatsTags: 39 Whitehall Street, Army Building, Army cats, Army History, Cats of Old New York, NYC History
In Old New York, most warehouses and other large buildings in Lower Manhattan were infested with mice and rats (many still are, of course). Despite its military affiliation, the U.S. Army Building was not immune to the enemy vermin. The best soldiers cut out for the job of extermination were the Army cats.
