In December 1897-1899, Wanamaker’s Department Store on Broadway and 9th Street lured shoppers with a “bargain cat day,” in which Angora cats were sold as Christmas gifts for $10 to $40 each, depending on the cat’s color, size, and age.
Posts Tagged ‘New York City History’
1897: The Christmas Rush on Gilded-Age Angora Cats at Wanamaker’s on Broadway
Posted: 19th December 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: A.T. Stewart, Angora cats, Cats of Old New York, Christmas cats, John Wanamaker, New York City History, Wanamaker's
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1912: Tipsy, the Expert Midtown Mouser Who Helped Police Solve a Murder
Posted: 12th December 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Cats of Old New York, George Samuel Dougherty, Georgetown Connecticut, Gilbert and Bennett, New York City History, Salvatore Geracci
Two weeks after the body of an unidentified woman was discovered in a Connecticut pond, a cat found the murder weapon in the NYC apartment where the woman had been killed.
1900: Isaac, the Bank Cat of Grand Street Who Stopped an Attempted Cat Burglar
Posted: 21st November 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: Ajax Whitman, Cats of Old New York, Louis Scharlach, Lower East Side, New York City History
Don’t mess with Isaac the bank cat. And don’t even think about coming in and stealing his territory–or the cash, for that matter. That was the message a “gaunt hobo cat” received when he sauntered into the Louis Scharlach & Co. bank at 362 Grand Street on the Lower East Side on November 14, 1900. […]
1903: The Poor Stray Cats That Sparked an Explosion at the SPCA Shelter
Posted: 14th November 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat StoriesTags: ASPCA, Cats of Old New York, Henry Bergh, New York City History
This is a tragic story that involves injury and cruelty and death–both human and feline. But it is an important story to tell, because it is part of our history. In fact, it is a major part of the ASPCA’s 150-year history in New York.
1921: The Pitkin Avenue Fire Cat and Her Lucky Halloween Kittens
Posted: 31st October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat StoriesTags: Brooklyn History, Brownsville, Cats of Old New York, Engine Company 233, John R. Pitkin, New York City History, Pitkin Avenue
When a fire broke out on Halloween at 1632-1640 Pitkin Avenue in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, a mama cat was not about to let the firemen ignore her box of kittens.
