Here is the fun tale of Mike, the female Williamsburg Post Office cat. Not only was Mike misnamed, she was “missent.” If there had been an Internet back then, this story would have surely gone viral.
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1895: Mike, The Williamsburg Post Office Cat Almost Mailed Overseas
Posted: 26th February 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Mascots, Cat StoriesTags: A.J. Eamley, Brooklyn History, Cats of Old New York, Lucius N. Palmer, Station W, Williamsburg
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1887: Raining Cats and Soap Bubbles at the Grand Street Museum in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Posted: 2nd July 2017 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: 194 Grand Street, Alden J. Spooner, Brooklyn, Grand Street Museum, New York History, Williamsburg
The following cat story of Old Brooklyn is courtesy of The Brownstone Detectives, who first published this tale in March 2017. I take the story one step further by exploring the history around the Grand Street Museum and the land on which it was once located. Agent Clark Investigates a Report of Cruelty to Cats […]
