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  • Collection: Authentic Hobo Cultural Resources

The Bellingham Kid's hat

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From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

Photo of Alabama Hobo's hat

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From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

Photo of hobos gathered by railroad tracks

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From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

Photo of Hobo Ben Benson

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From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

Photo of unidentified hoboes in a boxcar

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From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

Photo of Mountain Dew

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From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

Photo of two hoboes walking along the tracks

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From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

"Fry Pan Jack" jumping from one boxcar to another photo

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Picture of "Fryin' Pan Jack" hopping freight cars. Location unknown. From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

Hobo Church symbol

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The official symbol of Hobo Church. Hobo Church is led by Sunrise and K-bar annually at the Hobo Convention in Britt. Photo of official symbol from K-bar.

"Home sweet home" newspaper excerpt and hobo bread

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Article discussing hoboes charged with vagrancy. Recipe for hobo bread. Publisher/creator/source unknown.