Posts Tagged ‘New York City History’

1920: Kelly and Buddy, the Dogs Who Saved Their Family at Brooklyn’s Bath Beach Hotel

Posted: 27th January 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes
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People often ask me how I find my stories. Most of my animal tales come from old newspaper articles followed by a lot of research. For this story set in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, there was also a large dose of coincidence. While I was doing research for my last story about the mascot cat of […]

Happy Mew Year! The Cat Men of Gotham Now Available for Pre-Ordering at 30% Discount

Posted: 24th December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Uncategorized
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Happy Holidays everyone! I just received some great mews from my publisher, Rutgers University Press. My new book, The Cat Men of Gotham: Tales of Feline Friendships in Old New York, is now available for pre-ordering. The book is not scheduled for release until May, but if you order early, you’ll save $6 on the […]

1916: The Christmas Kittens and Movie Cats of New York’s Empire Poultry Palace Show

Posted: 22nd December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured Felines
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Although the first National Cat Show at Madison Square Garden II in May 1895 is often cited as the first cat show in America, there were actually quite a few cat shows in New York City and other American cities before this “official cat show” took place at the Garden. During the late 1800s, New York […]

1892: The Fox Farm House at Fox’s Corner, Where Foxes Ran in Foxhurst, Bronx

Posted: 5th December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories
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“For almost a generation there was no more secluded or more beautiful section than the vicinity of “Fox Corners.”—New York Daily Tribune, February 28, 1909 (Fox Corners was in Foxhurst, Bronx) In my last post, I wrote about Swain’s performing rats and cats, which once appeared at the old Loew’s Boulevard Theatre near Fox’s Corners […]

1912: The Presbyterian Labor Temple for Cats and Dogs on Fourteenth Street

Posted: 27th October 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat Stories, Dog Tails
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“We don’t mind a stray cat, or a dog either. If a stray dog finds a friend in the temple, we’ve brought the kingdom of God just so much nearer.” — Presbyterian Labor Temple, 1912 The above notice appeared in the weekly calendar of the Presbyterian Labor Temple, located on the corner of Second Avenue […]

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