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1903: Bob, the Mummified Cat of the Grand Union Tea Company in Brooklyn’s DUMBO

Posted: 11th December 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Stories
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In the 1904 edition of King’s Views of Brooklyn, the Grand Union Tea Company building in Brooklyn’s present-day DUMBO neighborhood was listed as the “largest warehouse and factory in the United States for teas, coffees, spices, flavoring extracts, baking-powders and soaps.” By the mid-1920s, the Grand Union warehouse had 10 acres of floor space. In addition to a […]