Program vendor in the stands of Ebbets Field, Game One of the World Series, October 3, 1956

Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown

In 1956:

• The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to creators of the transistor.
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is incorporated.
• The Brooklyn Eagle publishes its last issue.
• The first Dominican to play in the major leagues, Oswaldo Virgil, signs as an infielder for the New York Giants.

The Glory Days: New York Baseball, 1947-1957 was on view at the Museum of the City of New York from June 27 to December 31, 2007.