Program for World Heavyweight Championship, Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay

Published by

Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963

Subject of

Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016

Liston, Sonny, American, 1928 - 1970

Printed by

McMurray Printers, American

Date

February 25, 1964

On View

Community/Third Floor, 3 052

Exhibition

Sports: Leveling the Playing Field

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Description

Official souvenir program of the World Heavyweight Championship of Sonny Liston versus Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). Paper program has a white cover with images in blue and white, and text in red and blue. The program cover features a stylized boxing ring with a spotlight on the top of the program shining down to the bottom. Along the bottom third of the cover are three (3) stylized ropes. Centered, are two (2) photographic images of Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), wearing boxing shorts and boxing gloves. Both men are posed with fists raised. In the upper left and right corners are dark triangles in blue. [OFFICIAL / SOUVENIR / PROGRAM / WORLD / HEAVYWEIGHT / CHAMPIONSHIP / 15 ROUNDS / SONNY LISTON vs CASSIUS CLAY / MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION HALL / TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1964 / $1.00 / TAX / INC. / Presented by / DUNDEE-MacDONALD ENTERPRISES, INC.]. On the back of the program is a full page ad for the Lucayan Beach Hotel and Casino featuring people on a beach driving a car into the water.

Place used

Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Type

programs

Topic

Athletes

Boxing

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2012.173.5

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Usage

Usage conditions apply

GUID

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