Poster from a boxing match between Sugar Ray Robinson and Ralph Dupas: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Poster from a boxing match between Sugar Ray Robinson and Ralph Dupas. The poster is white with orange and black text and features black and white images of Sugar Ray Robinson and Ralph Dupas. The text at center begins "THE GREATEST ATTRACTION EVER..."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 30, 1963
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ralph Dupas, American, 1935 - 2008
• Subject of: Chris Dundee, American, 1907 - 1998
• Subject of: Miami Beach Convention Center, American, founded 1957
• Subject of: Sugar Ray Robinson, American, 1921 - 1989
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/16 x 14 in. (56 x 35.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Boxing
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2013.219.6
• 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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