Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: 1950s edition

Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."

The iconic Wrigley Field marquee is now bright red, and has been that way since 1965.

But in previous incarnations, it was several different colors, notably blue for most of the 1950s.

Here’s the photo at the top again:

This one’s pretty easy, just a matter of going through each year until the team and dates matched.