Collection Search

Print

Your search found 1 result(s).

  • Program for boxing match between Tony Doyle and Joe Frazier

    Program for boxing match between Tony Doyle and Joe Frazier

    Printed by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Frazier, Joe, American, 1944 - 2011
    Doyle, Tony, American, born 1944
    Medium
    ink on paper, metal
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 11 1/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/8 in. (28.1 × 21.6 × 0.3 cm)
    Type
    souvenirs
    programs
    Place depicted
    Spectrum Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1967
    Description
    A fifteen page program for the October 17, 1967 boxing match between Tony Doyle and Joe Frazier at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The cover features an illustration of an African American boxer punching a white boxer. A black and white photograph of Frazier and Doyle also appears on program cover in the lower right corner. Black type on cover's front reads: [FRAZIER VS. DOYLE / Tuesday, October 17, 1967 / Spectrum 25¢]. The Interior features several articles including: one on the Spectrum (Hal Freeman Spectrum President, Home of Big-Time Boxing); one on Doyle; and one on Frazier.
    Transcription Center Status
    Transcribed by digital volunteers
    Topic
    African American
    Athletes
    Boxing
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.89.7.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    See more items in
    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture