Wallet belonged to Ritchie Valens who signed it inside. Ritchie Valens was the stage name of a rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist. He was killed in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa February 3, 1959.
2021.002.014 [Wallet]
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