Sir Oliver was a handsome twentieth-century matinée idol who had a habit of going off script and speaking out of line. Perhaps this was because Sir Oliver was not a man of royalty, but a female cockatoo that had the gift of gab. Or maybe it was because Sir Oliver spent many of her down-time […]
Posts Tagged ‘New York History’
1902: The Milch Cow and Farm at Oscar Hammerstein’s on 42nd Street
Posted: 23rd May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Animal Tales, Belasco's, New Victory Theater, New York History, Oscar Hammerstein, Paradise Roof Garden, Theatre Republic, Victoria Theatre
Oscar Hammerstein had a farm (EIEIO). And on this farm he had a watermill, a windmill, a pond with a bridge and two boats, a few stone houses, a vegetable garden, a donkey, a turkey, a rooster, four hens, a near-sighted monkey, three peanut monkeys, several sheep, 1 duck and 4 ducklings.
1907: Pinky Panky Poo and the Doggie Check Room at the Plaza Hotel
Posted: 16th May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog TailsTags: Frederic Sterry, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, New York History, Pinky Panky Poo, Plaza Hotel
What does a tiny dog named Pinky Panky Poo and the Plaza Hotel have to do with modern-day doggie day-care centers? Read on…
1902: Sydney De Voe, the Chelsea Collie That Lived Like a Gentleman and Died Beloved
Posted: 7th May 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Tails, Hartsdale Pet CemeteryTags: A.R. De Voe, Dr. Samuel K. Johnson, Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, New York History, pet cemetery
I often visit the the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Westchester County, New York. That is where my mother I came across the story of Sydney De Voe. You may recall one of my earlier posts about Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy and her pet lion, Goldfleck, who was buried at the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery after living a very […]
