Program for a boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman: Museum Object and Cultural History
Program for a boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman: Date: 1973. Printed by: Unidentified. Subject of: George Foreman, American, born 1949.
The object in the museum catalogue
A thirty-two page program for a boxing match between Joe Frazier and George Foreman. The front cover features stylized images of George Forman and Joe Frazier's faces. Black and gold type on front of program reads: [THE SUNSHINE SHOWDOWN / JOE / FRAZIER / UNDEFEATED CHAMPION / VS / GEORGE FOREMAN / UNDEFEATED NO.1 CHALLENGER / JAN. 22 1973 / NATIONAL STADIUM / KINGSTON / JAMAICA]. The interior features advertisements for Jamaica travel and business, messages from political figures, features on Jamaican sports/athletes, profiles of Frazier, Foreman and other boxers Percy Hayles, Al Ford, Bunny Grant.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1973
- Printed by: Unidentified
- Subject of: George Foreman, American, born 1949
- Subject of: Joe Frazier, American, 1944 - 2011
- Type: souvenirs
- Type: programs
- Medium: ink on paper, metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 12 × 9 1/8 × 1/8 in. (30.5 × 23.2 × 0.3 cm)
- Place depicted: Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Boxing
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2014.89.7.3
- 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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