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1891: The Well-Bred Cats and Dogs of the Whitby Kennels in Flatbush, Brooklyn

Posted: 13th February 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Dog Tails
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In 1891, Hurlbut Chapman, a once prominent lawyer from Rye, New York, leased the old John C. Bergen homestead at 972 Flatbush Avenue, at the corner of Avenue A (today’s Albemarle Road). There, he opened the Whitby Kennels, where he boarded the dogs and cats of wealthy New Yorkers.