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Black Leather Wallet

American History Museum

Object Details

Description (Brief)

This is a male’s black leather wallet with the contents still inside. This wallet was carried by Charlie Falkenberg, a passenger onboard American Airlines Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. He was traveling with his wife, Leslie and two children, Dana and Zoe, who also perished. The wallet became so compressed from the crash that it will not open and the contents cannot be removed.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Falkenberg

ID Number

2005.0019.01

accession number

2005.0019

catalog number

2005.0019.01

Object Name

Wallet

Measurements

overall: 9.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 3 cm; 3 3/4 in x 5 11/16 in x 1 3/16 in

recovered

United States: Virginia, Pentagon

See more items in

Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
September 11

Data Source

National Museum of American History

associated subject

September 11 Terrorist Attacks

related event

September 11th Attacks
Attack on the Pentagon

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-a0a2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1287620
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