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Ticket to a championship boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston
- Printed by
- Globe Ticket Company, American, founded 1868
- Subject of
- Patterson, Floyd, American, 1935 - 2006
- Liston, Sonny, American, 1928 - 1970
- Championship Sports, Inc., American
- Las Vegas Convention Center, American, founded 1959
- Bolan, Alfred J., American
- Greb, Mel, American, 1921 - 1996
- Doyle, Jack, Irish, 1913 - 1978
- Date
- July 22, 1963
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/2 x 6 in. (6.4 x 15.2 cm)
- Description
- Ticket to the World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston. The ticket is light red in color with red and black text. The text appears both horizontally and vertically on the ticket. At center left is a black-and-white picture of Sonny Liston. At center right is a black-and-white picture of Floyd Patterson. The text at center begins “15 ROUNDS / WORLD’S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP…”
- Place depicted
- Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- tickets
- Topic
- Athletes
- Boxing
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.219.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions