Posts Tagged ‘New York History’

1888: Plinlimmon Emmet, the English St. Bernard that Stole the Show in New York

Posted: 14th July 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails
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One of the most famous animal actors of this period was Plinlimmon, a champion St. Bernard and prized pet of Joseph Kline “Fritz” Emmet.

1893: The Crazy New York Cat Ladies and the Murderous Midnight Band of Mercy, Part II

Posted: 2nd July 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat Ladies
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Part II: The Midnight Band of Mercy “I suppose I am mad. For a woman to care nothing for her appearance or how she lives is a sure sign of madness. I have nothing in common with anything except animals, and them I love.”—Grace Georgia Devide, The New York World, December 31, 1893 “The Midnight […]

1890: The Crazy Cat Ladies and The Murderous Midnight Band of Mercy, Part I

Posted: 1st July 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Crazy Cat Ladies
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Part I: The Society to Befriend Domestic Animals Like all crazy cat ladies or cat hoarders, Mrs. Sarah J. Edwards and Mrs. Grace Georgia Devide had good intentions when they opened a refuge for homeless cats in 1890. But something went terribly wrong, and a mission to provide shelter and food for friendless and maltreated […]

1916: Wang, the King of the Pirate Cats of West 80th Street

Posted: 22nd June 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories
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Wang was the leader of a pack of up to 100 stray cats that haunted West 80th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues during the brutal spring and summer of 1916. The press called them the pirate cats.

1915: Lady Eglantine, the Hen That Received a Royal Roost at New York’s Imperial Hotel

Posted: 12th June 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Birds and Pigeons
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Today, we have ticker-tape parades to honor our favorite sports teams when they win the World Series or the Super Bowl. In 1915, New Yorkers had a welcoming parade to honor a chicken. A white single-comb leghorn hen named Lady Eglantine, to be exact. Mind you, this was not an ordinary hen. This was Addison […]

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