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  • Collection: Popular Culture, Stereotypes, and Misrepresentations

"His Christmas Dinner" Harper's Weekly article

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An article from Harper's Ferry featuring a story about a hobo at Christmas Time. Cover features depiction of a hobo. Release date unknown.

"Hobo Gear" hat

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Navy cap, 1990s style, with white print

"Still Good" Norman Rockwell

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Illustration of hobo with bindlestiff going through the trash. Test displays "still good".

"Time to retire?" Norman Rockwell

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Illustration of hobo in rags, sleeping with bindlestiff, and can of soup. Text on the sign says "Time to retire? Buy Fisk".

1958 Cover of the Evening Post

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Featuring a young wanderer with a bindlestiff.

Action Comics: From Rags to Riches

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Cover image depicts Superman as a hobo in a hobo jungle. Text displays "Why does Superman fight crime as millionaire and as a hobo?"

Ceramic Doll & Cracker Jack plastic toy

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“Honor the hobo, Keep the Memory Alive” Did ceramic doll collectors go thru a stage of collecting “American heroes”? This piece is advertised as a special edition genuine porcelain – this doll commemorates the free-spirited people who ride American…

Fairbank soap advertisement

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Depiction of a hobo featured in the advertisement. Date unknown.