On May 3, 1939, one month after popular City Hall cat Tammany died at the Ellin Prince Speyer Hospital, an 11-month-old multicolored female cat from Woodside, Queens, made her debut at City Hall. The cat was the pet of City Hall night watchman Tom Halton, who had been greatly saddened by the passing of Tammany. […]
Posts Tagged ‘New York City Hall’
1939: Snooky, the Sophisticated, Salmon-Loving Cat of New York’s City Hall
Posted: 16th May 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Fusion, New York City Hall, New York History, Snooky, Tom Halton
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1930: Tammany, the Democratic Boss Cat of New York’s City Hall
Posted: 15th February 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Featured Felines, Feline MascotsTags: Cat Stories, Henry H. Curran, Mayor LaGuardia, New York City Hall, New York History, Speyer Hospital for Animals, Tammany
I once wrote about Old Tom, who was a very popular mascot of New York’s City Hall in the early 1900s. Although several other cats took over Tom’s place at City Hall after he died, none of these felines were as popular as Tammany, who occupied City Hall during the administrations of Mayor Jimmy Walker […]
1891: Old Tom Cat, the Brazen Pampered Pet of New York City Hall
Posted: 3rd January 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Featured Felines, Feline MascotsTags: Cat Stories, Ellsworth Zouaves, Martin J. Keese, Marty Keese, Matthew T. Brennan, New York City Hall, New York History
It was a cold and wet day in 1891 when the homely tabby kitten with white paws first tried to make New York’s City Hall his manor home. Somehow he got the nerve to march up the steps and enter the front door, saunter down the long hallway, and calmly begin to lick his fur dry.
