- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.