Posts Tagged ‘New York City History’

1922: Minnie, the the RMS Cedric Ship Cat Who Saved Her Christmas Kittens

Posted: 26th December 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Feline Mascots
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On December 26, 1922, Minnie, the ship cat of the RMS Cedric, was honored for saving 36 lives (herself and her three kittens). The rescue took place during a severe storm in the Atlantic Ocean that disrupted Atlantic shipping and damaged or completely destroyed numerous steamships heading toward New York.

1854: The Cats of McSorley’s Old Ale House

Posted: 17th December 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Men, Cat Stories
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It’s been said that Bill McSorley was gruff with his customers, but he displayed plenty of kindness toward his cats. He owned as many as 18 feline barflies at once, and they reportedly had the run of the saloon.

Dec. 8: Virtual Event– Christmastime Animal Tales of Jolly Old Gotham

Posted: 28th November 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Virtual Events
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Take a virtual sleigh ride back in time as I take you over the river and through the woods to Christmas past in jolly Old New York. Explore some of the city’s timeless holiday traditions via fun and amazing animal stories that made the headlines in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

1902: The Great Bronx Zoological Park Panther Hunt

Posted: 18th November 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Cat Stories
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On July 28, 1902, The New York Times reported that a seven-month-old, 45-pound, grey-brown panther had gnawed his way out of a large pine shipping box near the park’s Puma and Lynx House. It was the first time the captive cat–which had just been shipped via a Ward Line steamship from Mr. Charles Sheldon of the Mexican Zoological Society in Chihuahua to Director William Temple Hornaday of the New York Zoological Society–had ever experienced a taste of freedom.

1884-1897: Sam, Dobbins, and Captain, the Mascot Cats of the New York Yacht Club

Posted: 27th October 2020 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat Men
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In Old New York, canine mascots were forbidden in all the social clubs. Cats were not. Thus, clubs like The Lambs Club, the Lotus Club, and the New York Yacht Club had one or more feline mascots.
The following tale is about three of the many cat mascots of the New York Yacht Club.

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