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- Collection: Caricature Postcards, Envelopes, and Sketches
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Hobo art letter
The envelope this letter is in is hobo art. Quoting Iron Horse Brad: "My best friend Liberty Justice and I sent these to one another for 25 years until he passed." The drawing depicts hobos in the jungle singing songs.
"I may be here for sometime" postcard
Drawing of man being chased up a tree by a bull. Text displays "I may be here for some time."
"I find things picking up" postcard
Illustration of hobo in rags picking up use cigar from the street. Text displays: "I find things picking up."
"A man's a man" postcard
Illustration of man and woman sitting on the front step of a house. Text displays "A man's a man for that."
"I left my pants" postcard
Image of woman given back undergarments of hobo who staying the night during their travels.
Continental-Pneumatic postcard
Illustration of two hoboes hitching a ride on the back of a car. Police and dog chasing hoboes on back of car.
Britt postcard
Image displays man and woman driving in a car to Britt, Iowa. Test displays "I'd like to roll along with you to Britt, Iowa."
"Tooth in the head" postcard
Text displays "Ain't it the truth. I would hate to be the tramp, wouldn't you?" Image displays hobo with bindlestiff being chased by a dog.
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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…