Ticket to a championship boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston
Social Media Share Tools
Object Details
- Printed by
- Globe Ticket Company, American, founded 1868
- Subject of
- Floyd Patterson, American, 1935 - 2006
- Sonny Liston, American, 1928 - 1970
- Championship Sports, Inc., American
- Las Vegas Convention Center, American, founded 1959
- Alfred J. Bolan, American
- Mel Greb, American, 1921 - 1996
- Jack Doyle, Irish, 1913 - 1978
- Description
- Ticket to the World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston. The ticket is light red in color with red and black text. The text appears both horizontally and vertically on the ticket. At center left is a black-and-white picture of Sonny Liston. At center right is a black-and-white picture of Floyd Patterson. The text at center begins “15 ROUNDS / WORLD’S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP…”
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- July 22, 1963
- Object number
- 2013.219.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- tickets
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/2 x 6 in. (6.4 x 15.2 cm)
- Place depicted
- Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Athletes
- Boxing
- Sports
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.219.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5061924f1-c83c-42e7-b06b-63a3591624d0
This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Open Access page.
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.