Glory Days - New York Baseball 1947-1957

Fans line up for the World Series, 1957

Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown

In 1957:

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made object to orbit the earth.
The first black family moves into the all-white suburb of Levittown, under a police guard.
West Side Story premieres at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to search for a replacement for the Dodgers and Giants in New York City.

The Yankees lose the World Series to the Braves, four games to three.

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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.