Document listing telephone numbers in the greater Miami area: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This typewritten document listing telephone numbers in the greater Miami area is part of the press kit for the 1964 Liston vs. Clay World Heavyweight Championship fight put together by Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc. The document is a listing of telephone numbers that the press may need to contact while in Miami. Included are numbers for the promoters Chris Dundee and Bill MacDonald, the Associated Press, the Miami Herald, and Western Union.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 1964
• Distributed by: Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963
• Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
• Subject of: Sonny Liston, American, 1928 - 1970
• Subject of: Dundee's 5th St. Gym, American, 1950 - 1983
• Type: telephone directories
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Boxing
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2011.56.3.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Dwaine Simpson 5th St. Gym Museum Collection
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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