Press kit for Sonny Liston versus Cassius Clay Championship Fight: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The press kit is an orange folder with graphics of the two fighters on the front. The folder contains 2011.56.3.1 through 2011.56.3.17. These documents include biographical sketches, physical measurements, and travel brochures. The cover features images of both Liston (on the left) and Clay (on the right).

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 1964
• Distributed by: Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963
• Subject of: Dundee's 5th St. Gym, American, 1950 - 1983
• Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
• Subject of: Sonny Liston, American, 1928 - 1970
• Type: press kits
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 12 x 9 1/4 in. (30.5 x 23.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Boxing
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2011.56.3
• 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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