A librarian recently asked me what makes an old news story worthy of further research and posting on my website. I told her that not only does it need to be a great animal tale, but it must also be a good people story or have ties to interesting historical buildings or events. The following story about a deaf New York Post Office cat and the deaf postal worker who loved him meets all my criteria for a fabulous animal story of Old New York. Sit back and enjoy.
Posts Tagged ‘Cats of Old New York’
1891: Patsey, The State Street Fire Cat of Brooklyn’s Hook and Ladder Company 10
Posted: 5th October 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, FDNY Horses/MascotsTags: 264 State Street, Brooklyn Fire Department, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Fire Cats, Ladder Company 110, Schermerhorn Street
Two days after the new Hook and Ladder Company No. 10 of the Brooklyn Fire Department went into service, a new member was added to the roster: a small cat “who wore a fur coat which in color resembled a tortoise shell.”
1923: Tramp, the Beloved Police Cat of the Richmond Hill Police Station
Posted: 25th August 2021 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Feline MascotsTags: 102nd Preciinct, 283rd Precinct, Cats of Old New York, police cats, Queens history, Richmond Hill Police, Richmond Hill Queens
In March 1916, the Richmond Hill Police precinct, which covered all of Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Morris Park, and part of Forest Hills, was designated a mounted precinct. That is, every mounted police officer throughout Queens was transferred to the 283rd Precinct in Richmond Hill.
With more horses came more stables — and more vermin. What the Richmond Hill Police needed was a good to mouser to handle all the rats and mice that shared the stables with the horses.
