Ticket to a boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson, June 25, 1959. Creator: Unknown.

Ticket to a boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson, June 25, 1959. Creator: Unknown.

2-835-261 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between African-American Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) and Swede Ingemar Johansson (1932-2009) was held at the Yankee Stadium in New York City. Johansson beat Patterson to take the World Heavyweight Champion title. The ticket is purple with black and red printed text. The text appears both horizontally and vertically on the ticket. The horizontal text on the left side of the ticket begins “YANKEE STADIUM / 161ST & RIVER AVENUE…”


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Floyd Patterson: American, African-American: Boxer, sportsman
  2. Ingemar Johansson: Swedish: Boxer, sportsman

Medium
  1. Ink on paper

Picture Type
  1. Tickets

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Sport & Pastimes


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6412x2371
File Size : 44,540kb


Aliases

  1. 2013.219.2
  1. NMAAHC-2013_219_2_001
  1. 0990005095
  1. 2-835-261
  1. 2013.219.2
  1. 2835261

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