James E. Taylor : Portrait of the proprietor of the Carlisle Cats' Club at the cat cemetery, laying flowers
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From a series of images of the Carlisle Cat's Club. Blackington broadcast a Yankee Yarn about Taylor (1944-07-27): after the repeal of Prohibition, cat-lover James E. Taylor decided he wanted to make a nightclub just for cats. He converted his barn into a club room for all the strays of Carlisle, complete with a special "members only" entrance, bunks for each cat in the barn loft, and a posted menu for the 30 or more cats which would frequent his property. Taylor kept a maternity ward for kittens, a jail for misbehaving cats, and club members paid mouse-catching "dues" (one mouse a month).
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