Clyde Barrow Swatch of Pants. "Some day they'll go down together, and they'll bury them side by side - To few it'll be grief...

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Clyde Barrow Swatch of Pants. "Some day they'll go down together, and they'll bury them side by side - To few it'll be grief, to the law a relief, But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde." Thusly did Bonnie Parker poetically prophesy the fate of herself and Clyde Barrow, her bank-robbing Depression desperado of the Great Depression. On May 23, 1934, the prophecy was fulfilled - police ambushed the legendary bank robbers near Gibsland, Louisiana and the duo perished in a blaze of gunfire. This handsome certificate contains a woolen swatch cut from the trousers worn by Clyde Barrow at the time of his death. Marie Barrow, sister of Clyde, personally guarantees this item, and the certicate - #195/870 - bears her signature. It also has the signature of Charles Heard of Avalon Productions, Ltd., who made the arrangements with Marie Barrow. Bonnie and Clyde are pictured on this uniquely historic, ready-to-frame item - a remarkable curiosity.

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