Forget the light bulb. Let’s talk about Thomas Edison’s short film starring Professor Henry Welton and his famous Boxing Cats! This 1894 film may very well be the first ever funny cat film ever made. (I even found out the names of the Boxing Cats…)
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1890: Tom and Jerry and the Famous Trotters Who Went Sleigh Riding on Jerome Avenue
Posted: 4th January 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: Fleetwood Park, Gabe Case, George H. Huber, Jerome Avenue, John J. Quinn, Macombs Dam Bridge, New York City History
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the first snowfall of the season in New York City was marked by a race in horse-drawn sleighs. Trotters of wealthy captains of industry, railroad men, bankers, merchants, and stablemen would race through Central Park, down Seventh Avenue, over the Central Bridge (Macombs Dam Bridge), and down Central Avenue (Jerome Avenue) to the popular roadhouses in what was then the West Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx.
