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Lot Consists of a Consecutive Pair of 2, Original, Unused - General Admission - "World Championship Wrestling" - Wrestling Tickets, Dated: Weds. Aug 26, 1953 for Wrestling at Hinchcliffe Stadium, which was located in Paterson, New Jersey. Matches Included: (World Jr. Weight Champion) Marvin Mercer and Mildred Burke (World's Lady Wrestling Champion). Tickets are Almost 70 Years Old.
Hinchliffe Stadium is a 10,000-seat stadium located in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. The venue was completed in 1932 and sits on a dramatic escarpment above Paterson's National Historic Landmark Great Falls, and surrounded by the city's National Landmark Historic District, the first planned industrial settlement in the nation (chartered 1792). It is one of only a handful of stadiums surviving nationally that once played host to significant Negro league baseball during America's Jim Crow era. The stadium was designated a National Historic Landmark in March 2013 and a Paterson Historic Landmark in May 2013. In December 2014 legislation passed in the United States Congress to in include the stadium in the Great Falls National Landmark District The Stadium was Located at Main St and Lackawanna Plaza in Paterson New Jersey.
Tickets Pictured Are Samples I Pulled, Your Actual Tickets Will Be a Consecutive Pair of "General Admission", But Will Have Different Section and / or Row / Seat numbers. See pics for more details. We Also Have Other Stadiums, Dates in 1953 and 1954, Organizations, i.e. "World Championship Wrestling", Types, i.e. "Grandstand", "Ringside", "Working Press", etc. So Check Other Lots For These. Thank You.
Note: Tickets Are Sold As-Is and Are Not Returnable.
These Unused tickets were printed on colored card stock and are approx. 1-3/4" High x 4-5/8" Wide. Tickets have some light signs of handling on edges and corners and some light toning and spotting. Tickets have been flat stored away for a very long time. Nice pieces of 1950's Wrestling Memorabilia. See Pics for More Details on Condition.
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