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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
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Ticket for World Heavyweight Championship fight of Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay
- Distributed by
- Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963
- Subject of
- Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
- Liston, Sonny, American, 1928 - 1970
- Printed by
- Globe Ticket Company, American, founded 1868
- Date
- Feburary 25, 1964
- 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
- Green narrow ticket for the World Heavyweight Championship of Sonny Liston versus Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). Ticket is divided two thirds of the way from the left by a large rectangle box featuring two (2) black and white portraits of the boxers. There are seven (7) punched holes throughout the ticket. Five (5) of the punched holes are cross shaped while the other two (2) are crown shaped. Most of the ticket is in black ink with the seat section, number, and ticket price in red ink. On the back of the ticket is a legal statement about the ticket stating that the ticket is good only for the date listed with no refunds available.
- Place used
- Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- admission tickets
- Topic
- Athletes
- Boxing
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.173.2.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions