Tickets for the Tunney vs. Dempsy fight, September 22, 1927
Tickets for the Tunney vs. Dempsy fight, September 22, 1927
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- Description (Brief)
- Unused boxing ticket is brown with black and red print, with images of the fighters on the back. The ticket is priced at $25.00 and is sealed on the back with plastic laminate. This is from the Gene Tunney vs. Jack Dempsey heavyweight championship fight, held on September 22, 1927 at Soldier Field in Chicago. This fight is commonly rememberd to as "The Long Count Fight."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- boxing tickets
- tickets, boxing
- date made
- 1927
- referenced
- Tunney, Gene
- Dempsey, Jack
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.5 cm x 6 1/2 in; x 6 7/8 in x 16.51 cm
- ID Number
- 2012.3111.01
- catalog number
- 2012.3111.01
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3111
- Credit Line
- From the Family of Charles F. Illgen
- subject
- Sports
- Boxing
- Professional
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- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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