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DescriptionCity Animals: A History of Our Changing Relationship with Other Hoboken Residents. By Holly Metz. A Hoboken Historical Museum Publication, 2004. Companion volume to an exhibition with same title at the Museum, 1301 Hudson St., Hoboken. Oblong softcover, 9" high x 12" wide, 64 pages plus covers; illustrated; notes and selected bibliography; not indexed. Copy 2 (Copy 1 is imaged. PDF available.) Images of the exhibition are photo catalog 2004.005.0042.01 (disks are archive catalog 2004.005.0042). Metz was the guest curator for the exhibition and author of the volume. Designed by McKevin Shaughnessy. Contents: Introduction 4 Neighbors 12 Bird-Watching, from Guns to Glass Introduction 19 Veterinary Science: For Man and Beast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals From Carriage-Makers to Car Mechanics: The Kostelecky Family of Bloomfield Street Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Fire and Police Department Horses and Dogs Food and Clothing 31 Animals as Adornment Spectacle and Sport 36 Barnum Comes to Hoboken Hexamer's Riding Academy and the German Riding Club Animal Fighting Pigeon Flying Pests and Strays 46 Human Inquilines Almost Inquilines "Filthy Mongrels and Dirty Felines" The Pound Keeper Caring for Strays Companions and Family 55 Animal Companions in the Great War Notes 60 Selected Bibliography 63 Oblong 8vo softcover