From the 1947 season until the Dodgers and Giants slunk out of town for the Golden State, the epicenter of "the American Game" was New York City. In every year but one, one of the three New York teams played in the World Series, and there were 6 subway series as well.
 In an exhibition to be presented at the Museum of the City of New York, the story of The Glory Years of New York baseball will be told in pictures, objects and words.
 This book is the companion to that exhibition. In it, along with the best memorabilia, are outstanding new essays, arranged by "innings," from the best baseball writers:
 1st inning: Breaking Baseball's Color Barrier in Brooklyn
 Jules Tygiel: More than Jackie, More than the Dodgers
 2nd inning: Media
 George Vecsey: My America
 3rd inning: Giants/Dodgers Rivalry
 Lee Lowenfish: Two Cheers for Horace Stoneham: The Giants' Role in Baseball's Integration 
 4th inning: Fans
 Michael Shapiro: Baseball Talk: What Was Lost
 5th inning: Great Players/managers
 Jane Leavy: Forever Mick 
 6th inning: World Series
 Jonathan Eig: The 1947 World Series and the Rise of Television 
 7th inning: Great Games and Great Moments
 Kevin Baker: Thomson at the Ferry
 8th inning: Ballparks
 Steven Riess: Ka–ching, Ka–ching: The Real Bottom Line of Baseball in New York
 Andrew Zimbalist: A Wink and a Smile: The Real Estate Edge 
 9th inning: The End
 Ray Robinson: Farewell to the Polo Grounds
 10th inning: Epilogue
 Alan Schwarz: The Legacy

The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947-1957

Sports & Outdoors

Museum of the City of New York

Baseball

Harper

From the 1947 season until the Dodgers and Giants slunk out of town for the Golden State in 1957, the epicenter of the "American Game" was New York City. In every year but one, at least one of the three New York teams played in the World Series. The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947-1957 recreates the way it was and we were, in an era that seems like only yesterday.
With contributions from such writers as Kevin Baker, George Vecsey, and Andrew Zimbalist, The Glory Days is a "people's hall of fame" for baseball and New York in those years, a museum of memories. A Knothole Gang membership card, an Ebbets Field usher's pin, a 1948 Joe DiMaggio jersey with a black armband honoring Babe Ruth, the home plate torn from the playing field at the Giants' last game at the Polo Grounds in 1957. . . all of these moments and more are immortalized within these pages. More than 350 dazzling images of the game and its artifacts from the Museum of the City of New York exhibition, The Glory Days, are accompanied by brilliant essays from some of baseball's most renowned writers. 
Whether it was breaking the color barrier; the question of "Willie, Mickey, or the Duke"; the team rivalries; or the greatest on-field moment in the history of baseball, the "shot heard 'round the world," the glory days of New York baseball were vibrant and alive. Experience the era the way it really was: raucous, hopeful, thrilling, crushing, and above all, glorious.

Glory Days, The

HarpPeren

Manhattan. Gotham. The Big Apple. New York's influence has stretched far beyond its city limits and into every corner of finance, art, and popular culture around the world. Now it finally has a biography big enough to match. Created in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York, this hands-on history concisely and entertainingly traces the city's evolution from pristine wilderness to great metropolis. Organized both thematically and chronologically, the book brings the city's incredible story to life through approximately 20 facsimile documents--diary extracts, immigration papers, maps, newspaper clippings, playbills, letters, and posters highlighting the vibrant life of the city that never sleeps.

New York: The Story of a Great City

History

Americas

Andre Deutsch

Demy folio, [27.75cm/11in], paperbound with pictorial covers, 16 plates. Fully illustrated with 37 color fascimilies of the original published by Kimmel & Forster in the 1860s or 70s. Three dolls and twenty-two costumes

The American Lady and the Lady of London Paper Dolls

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Dover Pubns

Based on the award-winning, critically acclaimed exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, New York at Its Core takes readers on a whirlwind journey through the 400-year history of the five boroughs to find out how a striving village on the periphery of the Dutch trading empire became the booming metropolis that is today¿s capital of the world. New York at Its Core finds the key in four defining themes that have shaped the city since its inception: money, diversity, density, and creativity. This lavishly illustrated book features nearly 400 objects and images from the one-of-a-kind exhibition, revealing how these themes evolved and interacted to create the city we know today, a subject of fascination the world over visited by millions of people every year. Covering New York¿s entire 400-year history and inviting a look into the city¿s future, New York at Its Core chronicles the cycles of crisis and reinvention that gave rise to one of the world¿s most diverse and densely populated places, a city that has shaped the course of events for the nation and the world.

NY at its Core: 400 Years of New York City History

Museum of NY

In 1892, English photographer Joseph Byron got his foot in the stage door at a few New York theaters. In short order he had created the field of stage photography, as theatrical producers noted the publicity value of Byronís pictures. Byron and his family went on to document New York culture in general for forty years, but the theater photographs remain among their most intriguing work. This book of postcards presents thirty evocative duotone images of vintage New York actors, theaters, and productions.

On Stage

Pomegranate Communications Inc,US

19th Century New York Postcard

Pomegranate

Paintings of New York Book of Postcards

The City of New York: A history illustrated from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York

PATTERSON, Jerry E.

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Receive two free tickets to the museum with your purchase.

Dutch Seen - New York Rediscovered

Foam

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