The Glory Days Exhibition on NY Baseball 1947-1957

[DODGER DEB]

GREAT NEWS for OUR Forum members! Sean, our webmaster, advises me that he has secured a FREE ADMISSION to members of OUR Forum to see THE GLORY DAYS: New York Baseball (1947-1957) at The Museum of the City of New York. If you've already seen it, and want to see it again, here is your chance.

Just make a copy of this post and present it at admission.


I did negotiate out a nice deal for your Brooklyn Dodger forum. Your members can attend The Glory Days : New York Baseball (1947-1957) at the Museum of the City of New York for free - completely free! All they need to do is print this out and take it with them for 100% free admission! I know this is an ad, but it is Fever specific and meant for Fever members so I'm thinking you might want to share it with your readers as Fever perk rather than a museum ad. It could also be used by Yankee or NY Giant fans as well.

FREE ADMISSION to The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947-1957
On view until December 31 at the Museum of the City of New York

Relive thrills and catch baseball fever with the three great teams of New York baseball’s golden age—the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Giants, and the Yankees—and revisit an era when New York City dominated baseball with ten World Series, nine championships, and seven subway series. On view until December 31, The Glory Days contains the greatest assemblage of New York baseball memorabilia ever exhibited—including photographs, film footage, ephemera, uniforms, sports equipment, trophies, and other rarely seen objects.

As a special postseason treat, The Museum of the City of New York is offering FREE ADMISSION to Baseball Fever’s readers. Simply print out this listing and bring it to the Museum for free entrance to The Glory Days.

Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street
212.534.1672
www.mcny.org

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Museum is open on all Monday holidays including Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day.
The Museum is closed on New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

c.

[penncentralpete]

how cool is that? we're going next week! thanks for the FREE pass! excellent. (more money to spend inside now!)

[callingit]

You're going to love it like crazy, PCPete. Do you know which day you are going?

[penncentralpete]

You're going to love it like crazy, PCPete. Do you know which day you are going?

i KNOW i WILL!!! cannot wait. i do not know what day i'm going as it will be worked around my wife's schedule (also a baseball fan, BTW). i know i will be wearing my jackie robinson jersey and brooklyn cap for sure! p.s. now it appears like friday or sunday.

[penncentralpete]

we knew youse when.........

[xtimx]

went to this exhibition yesterday and just found the free admission offer today. oh well, its a great museum that i don't mind supporting.
the exhibition was awesome. they even had some nice new era new york giants and brooklyn dodgers hats. i picked up a dodgers hat, on sale at $15 even.
everyone who is able to do so should really see this before it closes.

[penncentralpete]

went to this exhibition yesterday and just found the free admission offer today. oh well, its a great museum that i don't mind supporting.
the exhibition was awesome. they even had some nice new era new york giants and brooklyn dodgers hats. i picked up a dodgers hat, on sale at $15 even.
everyone who is able to do so should really see this before it closes.

i went friday and i'm RETURNING next friday also. i'm very impressed. they've done a good job. i wore my jackie robinson jersey, brooklyn cap, and brooklyn jacket. almost every other guy there was wearing a dodger, giant, or yankee outfit. great time!

[xtimx]

i wore a mariners shirt. haha. sorry but i love ichiro and the mets are pushing my loyalty right now. ebbets field was before my time unfortunately.

[penncentralpete]

i wore a mariners shirt. haha. sorry but i love ichiro and the mets are pushing my loyalty right now. ebbets field was before my time unfortunately.

i know what you mean. i follow (and root for) the METS and RED SOX. went to fenway many times. first game at fenway: 1968. been there for 100+ games. too bad you missed ebbets field.......it was GREAT.

[xtimx]

i know what you mean. i follow (and root for) the METS and RED SOX. went to fenway many times. first game at fenway: 1968. been there for 100+ games. too bad you missed ebbets field.......it was GREAT.

so heres the $64,000 question, who did you root for in 1986?

[penncentralpete]

so heres the $64,000 question, who did you root for in 1986?

The World Champion New York Mets. I attended 2 world series' games that year. number one is : METS. number 2: RED SOX

[Lprof]

i KNOW i WILL!!! cannot wait. i do not know what day i'm going as it will be worked around my wife's schedule (also a baseball fan, BTW). i know i will be wearing my jackie robinson jersey and brooklyn cap for sure! p.s. now it appears like friday or sunday.

I saw it and enjoyed it very much. The memories were great. However, shockingly, I caught several errors, both in the exhibit and in the accompanying catalogue (which I otherwise really liked). They misidentified the years of some of the baseball cards at the exhibit. In the book, they described a Yankee in a picture as Don Larsen, when it quite clearly is not (I think it was Tom Sturdivant, but I'm not totally sure). There were also some date mistakes in the book. I know these are small things, but when you have a PhD as a curator, you don't expect that a fan would catch such goofs.

[Todd Anderson]

Wonder where all the wonderful artifacts are stored AFTER Dec. 31? Just curious. I can't make the exhibit before that date (rats) and it made me wonder about what happens after that.
Todd

[DODGER DEB]

Wonder where all the wonderful artifacts are stored AFTER Dec. 31? Just curious. I can't make the exhibit before that date (rats) and it made me wonder about what happens after that.
Todd

Todd, most all of these items were on loan to the Museum for this year. They will be returned to the owners when the exhibition ends.

c.

[shlevine42]

Wonderful exhibit! Great photos of the players, the ballparks, the fans. The descriptions of many of the artifacts bordered on the poetic, and were thrilling to read.

Note to communications students: Alongside the recording of Russ Hodges' infamous call, is a recording of Red Barber describing the same event.

The contrast is startling -- a vivid lesson in how it SHOULD be done. And how it SHOULDN'T.

And Deb: Thanks for obtaining the free pass!

[Spirit of '55]

Friends:

Unfortunately, I can't make the "Glory Days" exhibit, being trapped by circumstance in Florida right now.

I was a long time member of the Museum of the City of New York, and I recommend becoming a contributor or a member. The Museum is a gem that chronicles the history of what may well be the most fascinating place on earth. What a great place! :homeplate:

[The Real McCoy]

An all too tardy thank you to the webmaster for arranging admission to the "Glory Days" exhibit at the Museum of New York City.

Speaking as someone who, contrary to scurrilous rumor, does not have ALL of his First Communion money intact, I surely enjoyed the the "Annie Oakley" into the museum, but it was the exhibits, the exhibits of the Dodgers and the memories they invoked that made the day better than a twin bill sweep of the Giants.

Not surprisingly, it was No. 42 that, once more, stopped me cold and was, for me, the highlight of the day. No different from all those long-ago afternoons and nights in the stands at that wonderful old ball yard, in front of a television set or radio, or reliving the previous day's exploits through the unerring prose of Dick Young.

Inside the museum, I stood in front of a large photo of October 3, 1951, showing, on an angle from center field, Thomson crossing home plate with his teammates celebrating. There is only one Dodger in the picture, Jackie Robinson, standing behind second base, waiting to assure that all the runners touched all the bases. And looking at that picture you don't have to go one step farther to arrive at the definition of "competitor."

I remembered a story a friend of mine, Tommy Callahan, wrote about Robinson and another very good writer, Jim Murray of the LA Times.

"It was opening day of the 1972 World Series in Cincinnati and I was trailing Jackie for a column. In the pre-game milling, every black player on the Reds and A's wanted to touch him. White haired and virtually blind, Robinson looked 20 years older than 53. Ten days later, he'd be dead. When the call came for all of the non-uniformed personnel to leave the field, I followed Robinson through the dugout and up the ramp into the clulbhouse, where Murray stood alone."

"Jackie, it's Jim Murray," he said when they touched.

"Oh, Jim," Robinson answered, "I wish I could see you again."

"No, Jackie," Murray said, "I wish we all could see you again."

Standing in that museum on 104th street, remembering Callahan's story and looking at that photo of October 3, 1951, I had one thought:

If only!

[brooklynbushwick44]

any body have photos of the exhibition?

[Dalkowski110]

I went twice and it was great except for one thing (which answers brooklynbushwick44's question...). That thing was that they didn't allow photography. No, I didn't leave out "flash." I specifically asked the guards there if I could take photos without my flashbulb, and they said no, ANY AND ALL photography was prohibited.

[MattM]

I went back in July, and I was allowed to take pics. In fact, alot of people were taking pics at the time. I can post them here, so long as they dont' violate any bbf rules.

[callingit]

Friends:

Unfortunately, I can't make the "Glory Days" exhibit, being trapped by circumstance in Florida right now.

I was a long time member of the Museum of the City of New York, and I recommend becoming a contributor or a member. The Museum is a gem that chronicles the history of what may well be the most fascinating place on earth. What a great place!


I went to the exhibit five times during its run including opening night. Each visit gave me a new treasure to discover and focus on. I soaked it in, bought several copies of the accompanying book and sent it out as gifts to my dad's friends--men who grew up loving NY basball and helped teach me to do the same. I have indeed become a member of the MCNY & as a result am involved with a future MCNY exhibit.

I cannot give enough compliments to the staff & curators of the MCNY for their countless courtesies & incredible planning during this exhibit.


I went twice and it was great except for one thing (which answers brooklynbushwick44's question...). That thing was that they didn't allow photography. No, I didn't leave out "flash." I specifically asked the guards there if I could take photos without my flashbulb, and they said no, ANY AND ALL photography was prohibited.



I took photos every time I went. Not once did any guard or museum member tell me I could not take photos.

[brooklynbushwick44]

I went to the exhibit five times during its run including opening night. Each visit gave me a new treasure to discover and focus on. I soaked it in, bought several copies of the accompanying book and sent it out as gifts to my dad's friends--men who grew up loving NY basball and helped teach me to do the same. I have indeed become a member of the MCNY & as a result am involved with a future MCNY exhibit.

I cannot give enough compliments to the staff & curators of the MCNY for their countless courtesies & incredible planning during this exhibit.





I took photos every time I went. Not once did any guard or museum member tell me I could not take photos.


please if you can post those pics

[callingit]

sorry for the size of those first scans. I'll post more when I figure out how to properly size the pictures

[callingit]

wow, those are huge! let me see if I can reduce them a little further.

[callingit]

I'll post a few shots so long as the BBF powers that be do not object.

This first shot is the home plate from the last game at the Polo Grounds in 1957, scooped up by an opportunistic young man from Queens named Jack O'Donnell. Mr. O'Donnell passed a few years ago, but his daughter told me he was that kind of guy-loved sports, did things on the spur of the moment. At a time when the idea of 'sports collectibles' hadn't been conceived yet, Mr. O'Donnell scored one of the greatest treasures. After his passing the O'Donnell family sold the plate to a private collector who loaned it to the museum for the exhibit.

[callingit]

The one and only: Dodgers '55 championship banner. They had it doubled up over itself inside a case. Nothing I could do to get a full shot.

[callingit]

i left this one a little large so you can see detail. This section captures the tragedy of the Dodgers & Giants final days in NY.

[callingit]

Mickey Mantle's jersey, 1954

[callingit]

a few signs from the polo grounds.

[callingit]

This was the first game I ever remember having: All-Star Baseball. Each player had a round card, and you would slip the card into a slot that had a spinner atop it. Spin the spinner and wherever the arrow landed is what the player did for that at-bat. I'm not sure if this game was invented before Strat-o-Matic baseball, but I sure felt more grown up than I want to be when I saw this sitting behind a glass case at an exhibit called 'the glory days'. LOL!

[callingit]

An Ebbets Field Usher's uniform, in pristine condition. Though I never saw EF myself, I can just imagine how bold the color scheme throughout really was if this uniform is a true indication.