Posts Tagged ‘Hotel St. George’

1921: Minnie, the Feline Mascot of the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn Heights

Posted: 14th July 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cats in the Mews
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The Algonquin Hotel may have had Billy and Rusty the cats, and the Hotel Lincoln may have had Abe the cat, but these male cats could not be mothers. Minnie was not only the mascot of the Hotel St. George, but she was a mother to 160 kittens.

1941: The WWII “Aristocats” of the Brooklyn-Long Island Cat Club

Posted: 25th August 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured Felines
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The Brooklyn-Long Island Cat Club was the brainchild of Ann Mudge of Brooklyn Heights. Although Mrs. Mudge had a pampered Persian named Chou Chou Bu, the backyard of her federal-style townhouse at 64 Poplar Street was home to numerous alley cats, including one of her favorite strays, Kitten Mitten.