Muhammad Ali v. Floyd Patterson boxing ticket: Museum Object and Cultural History
Muhammad Ali v. Floyd Patterson boxing ticket: Date: 1963. Distributed by: Inter-Continental Promotions, Inc.. Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016.
The object in the museum catalogue
A yellow admission ticket for a boxing match between Champion Muhammad Ali and Challenger Floyd Patterson. The ticket is made of yellow paper with red and black ink on it. There are two photo portraits visible next to Ali and Patterson's names. The back of the ticket is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1963
- Distributed by: Inter-Continental Promotions, Inc.
- Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
- Subject of: Floyd Patterson, American, 1935 - 2006
- Type: admission tickets
- Medium: ink on paper
- Place used: Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Boxing
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2014.194.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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