When a Bergen Street trolley struck a horse-drawn milk wagon near the corner of New York Avenue in 1907, street cats and parlor cats came from every direction to wade and wallow in the spilled milk.
Posts Tagged ‘New York City History’
1898: Lem and Tiger, the Republican and Tammany Hall Cats of the New York Elections
Posted: 2nd October 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat MenTags: Cats in New York History, Lemuel Ely Quigg, New York City History, Tammany Hall, William Astor Chanler
When a large black cat walked in and took possession of the Republican Congressional headquarters on West 125th Street, everyone thought for sure that the Tammany candidate would lose the election.
1888: Cozey Bell, the Skye Terrier Almost Buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
Posted: 11th September 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Absalom Peters, Daniel Tier, Gilbert Valentine, Mary A. Bell, New York City History, William A. Booth, Woodlawn Cemetery
When Mrs. Mary A. Bell’s Skye terrier died in 1888, she purchased a plot at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and buried her beloved Cozey Bell among the human graves.
