Pets of All Kinds Frame Color:Silver it was a celebrity's train

it was a celebrity's train and its passengers included Theodore Roosevelt

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

to make the invasion successful

known as the "Harlem Hellfighters

switching on the lights of the Empire State Building

Pets of All Kinds Frame Color:Silver it was a celebrity's trainOn 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