Ticket for boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston
date: label: Date
content: 1965
name: label: Issued by
content: Intercontinental Promotions Inc., American
label: Printed by
content: National Ticket Company, American, founded 1907
label: Subject of
content: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Sonny Liston, American, 1928 - 1970
notes: label: Caption
content: The fight, known as "Ali vs. Liston II" (the pair boxed previously in 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida), was Ali's first after changing his name from Cassius Clay.
label: Description
content: A blue ticket with black type for a Heavyweight Boxing Match for the Championship of the World between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965 in St. Dominic's Arena in Lewiston, Maine. The ticket has images of both Ali and Liston on the front. The back of the ticket has the name of the and location of the National Ticket Company with a union bug for the Typographical Union #7 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.120.13
objectType: label: Type
content: admission tickets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (5.7 × 13.3 cm)