In Old New York, almost every police station had a least one canine mascot in addition to one or more feline mousers. Although the cats seemed to get most of the press in those days, every once and a while a story about a police station’s mascot dog would appear in the paper. Oftentimes, the […]
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1902: Jerry, the Good Dog Gone Bad at Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Avenue Police Station
Posted: 5th January 2019 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Mascots, Dog TailsTags: Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Police History, Greenpoint Avenue, John A. Meserole, Neziah Bliss, NYPD history
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1911: Buster, Topsy, and Yaller, the Police Mascots of NYC’s Lower East Side, Part 2
Posted: 11th March 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Dog Heroes, Dog MascotsTags: 105-107 Eldridge Street, Eldridge Street Police Station, Essex Market, New York History, NYPD history, Police dog mascots
In December 1911, the policemen of the old Eldridge Street police station in New York City’s Lower East Side moved into the new station house constructed for the men of the old Delancey Street station. Although the new station at the corner of Clinton and Delancey streets was more than big enough to accommodate everyone, the rival police cats, […]
1915: Sir Tom and Lady Alice, the Rural Police Cat and Hen of Washington Heights, Part II
Posted: 31st July 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Feline MascotsTags: 42nd Precinct, Arrowhead Inn, Benjamin Riley, Hendrick Oblienis, Jacob Arden, New York History, NYPD history, Robert C. Rathbone
In June 1912, New York City Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo created a new 42nd Precinct to serve the people of the rapidly developing northern tip of Manhattan. In July 1913, the 207 policemen of the 42nd Precinct packed up their gear and moved into the old Guion/Rathbone house on Haven Avenue at West 177th Street.
1915: Sir Tom and Lady Alice, the Rural Police Pets Who Lived in the Rathbone House at Washington Heights, Part I
Posted: 24th July 2016 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat MenTags: 42nd Precinct, Arrowhead Inn, Benjamin Riley, New York History, NYPD history, Robert C. Rathbone, Suburban Riding and Driving Club, Washington Heights
For Lady Alice, Sir Tom, and the men of the 42nd Precinct, life was good in the old Rathbone mansion at 177th Street and Haven Avenue in Washington Heights.
