Ticket for boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A blue ticket with black type for a Heavyweight Boxing Match for the Championship of the World between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965 in St. Dominic's Arena in Lewiston, Maine. The ticket has images of both Ali and Liston on the front. The back of the ticket has the name of the and location of the National Ticket Company with a union bug for the Typographical Union #7 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1965
• Issued by: Intercontinental Promotions Inc., American
• Printed by: National Ticket Company, American, founded 1907
• Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
• Subject of: Sonny Liston, American, 1928 - 1970
• Type: admission tickets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (5.7 × 13.3 cm)
• Place depicted: Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Boxing
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.120.13
• 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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