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Hopping the rails for charity article
Article featuring Adman on riding the rails for charity. Riding boxcars from New York to California. Source/Publisher and date of publication unknown.
Britt, IA or bust poster, National Hobo Convention
Reprinted copy of post advertising Britt Hobo Convention. Image of hobo walking with bindlestiff, presumed to be Onion Cotton.
Photo featuring Adman at the Hobo Convention
Photograph of Adman sitting on the rail tracks and eating mulligan stew at the Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa.
The Blade Steam Train Maury newspaper article
Feature of Steamtrain Maury's life on the rails, explanation of various aspects of hobo history and culture, single page of printed newspaper, slightly frayed edges, handle with care
Patchwork signs quilt
From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa. Made by "Texas Mad Man".
Hobo Convention poster
1980 poster advertising the 80th annual Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa. Descriptions of rail lines to Britt.
The American Pocket Medical Dictionary, Fifth Edition
Bound leather book, 15th edition printed in 1934, Contains the pronunciation and definition of all the principal terms used in medicine, surgery, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing, and kindred sciences: with over 60 extensive tables, very…
"Dead end: retirement next door for hobo Connecticut Slim" article
Article featuring Connecticut Slim on stories from the road. Publisher/source unknown. Date unknown.
Letter written to Mountain Dew
Letter sent to Mountain Dew written by Will Hoover. Discussion over an article written about Britt possibly published by the Des Moines Register and Tribune. Good luck coin sent to Mountain Dew
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Mountain Dew and Frisco Jack's tin craft cups
Handmade copper wire hobo cups made from a soup can and a mountain dew can. Frisco Jack is printed on the front of one can. The tin cans most likely…