Title: 1961 Cotton Bowl Ticket Stub Duke vs Arkansas - Silver Anniversary Football Memorabilia
Description: Document collegiate postseason football history with this original January 2, 1961 reserved seat game ticket stub from the Silver Anniversary Cotton Bowl Classic. This historic game, played at the Dallas Cotton Bowl stadium, featured the Southwest Conference champion Arkansas Razorbacks matching up against the Duke Blue Devils, resulting in a narrow 7-6 victory for Duke. The front layout of the stub features an illustrated graphic of a cotton boll plant on the left side, surrounded by clean mid-century green stripes and explicit printed typography indicating an "Admit One" status for Monday, January 2, 1961, at 2:30 P.M. Explicit logistical parameters are hardprinted across the face, including Enter Gate 6, Section 33, Row 38, and Seat 16, alongside a detailed original price breakdown listing a base price of $5.09 plus a federal tax of 41¢ for a total of $5.50. The bottom edge carries the printer credit line "A.D. GELINE-LOWDON CO. DALLAS." The reverse side shows a comprehensive black ink stadium seating chart graphic indicating the layout of the venue sections, field orientation, and Gate numbers 1 through 6. This genuine piece of vintage ephemera stands as a fully objective, data-rich collectible documenting mid-century college football game-day administration.
Product Specifications
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Publication: A.D. Geline-Lowdon Co. (Dallas)
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Game Date: Monday, January 2, 1961 (2:30 P.M.)
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Event Edition: 25th Annual Silver Anniversary Cotton Bowl Classic
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Matchup: Duke Blue Devils vs. Arkansas Razorbacks
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Seat Location: Gate 6, Section 33, Row 38, Seat 16
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Original Total Face Value: $5.50
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Item Type: Genuine Official Game Ticket Stub
Detailed Condition & Flaw Report
This vintage ticket stub is sold strictly as-is based on a direct physical review of the front and back layout scans.
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Overall Condition: Used condition with minor handling wear, gentle surface aging, and expected perforation evidence typical of a game-used stadium admission stub.
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Perforation Edge: The right vertical edge shows a rough, uneven texture from where the stub was separated at the stadium gate upon entry.
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Surface Wear: The front face shows light creasing along the top edge margin and faint handling smudges across the grey field. The reverse side exhibits uniform off-white paper toning, tiny handling spots, and a small dark speek near the lower-center boundary lines of the seating chart diagram.
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Corners: Minor softening and light rubbing at the perimeter corner tips.
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Shipping & Store Logistics
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Archival-Safe Protection: Vintage paper programs are highly prone to edge nicks, rolling, or folding if improperly packaged. To protect your investment, this 1961 Cotton Bowl Ticket Stub will be safely enclosed in a protective sleeve, placed between heavy cardboard reinforcement panels, and shipped inside a clean, rigid, crush-resistant box to ensure it arrives flat.
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