Ticket for World Heavyweight Championship fight of Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay
date: label: Date
content: Feburary 25, 1964
name: label: Distributed by
content: Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963
label: Subject of
content: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Sonny Liston, American, 1928 - 1970
label: Printed by
content: Globe Ticket Company, American, founded 1868
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place used
content: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 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: 2012.173.2.2
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 1/2 x 6 in. (6.4 x 15.2 cm)