Pets of All Kinds Frame Color:Silver on October 19

on October 19

and they obviously trusted that the man with the cap and long stride had something good for lunch in his hands

switching on the lights of the Empire State Building

known as the "Harlem Hellfighters

home of The New York Times at the turn of the last century and one of the tallest buildings in the world back then

Pets of All Kinds Frame Color:Silver on October 19On Feb. 5, 1956, about 100 dogs, cats and lesser creatures turned out for what a Times staff writer called a howling good time at the thirty fourth annual pet show. The article goes on to describe the swaths of creatures that attended the event at the Madison Square Boys Club, including pigeons, parakeets, canaries, goldfish, hamsters, turtles and one snail, Sammy, who was toted around by his 14 year old owner in a small jar thoughtfully lined with