Tickets for the Tunney vs. Dempsy fight, September 22, 1927
date: label: date made
content: 1927
name: label: referenced
content: Tunney, Gene
label: referenced
content: Dempsey, Jack
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Unused boxing ticket is brown with black and red print, with images of the fighters on the back. The ticket is priced at $25.00 and is sealed on the back with plastic laminate. This is from the Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey heavyweight championship fight, held on September 22, 1927 at Soldier Field in Chicago. This fight is commonly rememberd to as "The Long Count Fight."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Boxing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: From the Family of Charles F. Illgen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3111.01
label: catalog number
content: 2012.3111.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2012.3111
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boxing tickets
label: Object Name
content: tickets, boxing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.5 cm x 6 1/2 in; x 6 7/8 in x 16.51 cm