Program for boxing match between Tony Doyle and Joe Frazier: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A fifteen page program for the October 17, 1967 boxing match between Tony Doyle and Joe Frazier at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The cover features an illustration of an African American boxer punching a white boxer. A black and white photograph of Frazier and Doyle also appears on program cover in the lower right corner. Black type on cover's front reads: [FRAZIER VS. DOYLE / Tuesday, October 17, 1967 / Spectrum 25¢]. The Interior features several articles including: one on the Spectrum (Hal Freeman Spectrum President, Home of Big-Time Boxing); one on Doyle; and one on Frazier.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1967
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Joe Frazier, American, 1944 - 2011
• Subject of: Tony Doyle, American, born 1944
• Type: souvenirs
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper, metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 1/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/8 in. (28.1 × 21.6 × 0.3 cm)
• Place depicted: Spectrum Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Boxing
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2014.89.7.1
• 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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