The following reindeer story took place on December 12, 1941, just 10 years after the Christmas tree made its unofficial debut at Rockefeller Center — and exactly five days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This year would be the last that the Christmas tree was illuminated during World War II. From 1942 to 1944, […]
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1941: The Reindeer That Flew to Rockefeller Center for Christmas
Posted: 2nd December 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Animal AttractionsTags: Animal Tales, Bronx Zoo, Christmas tree, New York History, Reindeer, Rockefeller Center
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1909: The Prospect Park Horse that Decided the Mortal Fate of Patrolman Artemas Fish
Posted: 9th November 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Horse TalesTags: 19 Leonard Street, Artemas Fish, Brooklyn, Franklin Depot, New York History, NYPD history, Prospect Park Police, Sidney New York
The amazing story of Artemas Fish, a mounted patrolman for what was then the more rural Prospect Park Police Precinct in Brooklyn.
1930: The Carrier Pigeons That Led the NYPD Air Services on a Wild Goose Chase
Posted: 1st November 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Birds and PigeonsTags: carrier pigeons, Glenn H. Curtiss, New York History, NYPD Air Services, NYPD Aviation, Otto Kafka, Queens, Rodman Wanamaker, Savoia-Marchetti S-56
Long before there was Morse code, wireless telegraphy, radio, TV, e-mail, wifi, and smart phones, there were homing pigeons, aka carrier pigeons or messenger pigeons. Carrier pigeons have been prized for their navigational abilities for thousands of years. Using “mental maps” and their remarkable abilities to find their way home, these carrier pigeons have been […]
