Comments on: Check out August’s Cat Fancy Magazine! https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/06/17/check-out-augusts-cat-fancy-magazine/ Art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond. Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:43:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Emily https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/06/17/check-out-augusts-cat-fancy-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-338199 Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:43:33 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8759#comment-338199 In reply to Al Cyone.

Looks like Peake was a war hero! :D

]]> By: Al Cyone https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/06/17/check-out-augusts-cat-fancy-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-338197 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:42:20 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8759#comment-338197 In reply to Emily.

Ya gotta love Chessie!

Check out this blog post which features a picture of Chessie dreaming of Peake, her hero:

http://redslipperdiary.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/01-29-2010-045620pm.jpg?w=264&h=300

]]> By: Emily https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/06/17/check-out-augusts-cat-fancy-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-338196 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:18:58 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8759#comment-338196 In reply to Lee Winson.

Haha, Peake was the boyfriend cat… I remember seeing an ad where he went to war or something, and he had a picture of Chessie. :)

]]> By: Lee Winson https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/06/17/check-out-augusts-cat-fancy-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-338195 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:16:45 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8759#comment-338195 The C&O railroad had a well known mascot kitten image named Chessie. But it also had a lesser known mascot image, a tomcat named Peake. Peake also was grey and white, and strongly resembled Sadie in appearance.

A great book describing the C&O mascots is “Chessie the Railroad Kitten” by Thomas W. Dixon, Jr., 1996.

]]> By: Karen https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2013/06/17/check-out-augusts-cat-fancy-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-338194 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:43:23 +0000 http://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=8759#comment-338194 Congrats to Cat Girl for this cool kitty-coup!

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