On View
Sports Gallery
Exhibition
Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
Created by
Arcus - Simplex - Brown, Inc., American, founded 1945
Subject of
Patterson, Floyd, American, 1935 - 2006
Ingemar Johansson, Swedish, 1932 - 2009
Yankee Stadium, American, 1923 - 2008
Rosensohn Enterprises, Inc., American
Rosensohn, William, American
Date
June 25, 1959
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 2 1/2 x 7 in. (6.4 x 17.8 cm)
Description
Ticket to the World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson. The ticket is purple with black and red printed text. The text appears both horizontally and vertically on the ticket. The horizontal text on the left side of the ticket begins “YANKEE STADIUM / 161ST & RIVER AVENUE…”
Place depicted
Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Type
tickets
Topic
Athletes
Boxing
Sports
U.S. History, 1953-1961
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2013.219.2
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5280c2a03-94d1-434a-8089-8a9a9952a889

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