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The interlocking “NY” of the Yankees’ logo is arguably the most recognizable in all of professional sports, spotted on streets from The Bronx to Beijing, Manhattan to Melbourne. Their navy blue and white caps have transcended baseball, becoming a global cultural touchstone.
Yet most are unaware of the origins of that logo, a story that begins more than three decades before the franchise’s first pitch. It prominently features Tiffany & Co. internationally renowned for their treasures in little blue boxes and the swashbuckling early days of the New York City Police Department.
According to an account published one day later in The New York Times, NYPD patrolman John McDowell was walking his beat in the early hours of Jan. 8, 1877, spotting a robbery inside a saloon at 315 Seventh Avenue. (The newspaper erroneously printed the officer’s surname as McDonnell.)