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Hobo Run bandana

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Bandana from the 20th annual Hobo Run.

Hobo Joe's Restaurant t-shirt

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T-shirt from a Hobo Joe's restaurant in Madill, Oklahoma.

Medicine Bottles & Nicotine Sulfate

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The Hobo Medicine Co. became located in Shreveport, LA as early as November 14, 1914, and Beaumont, Texas by January 1, 1923.

A 1938 letter to a Texas physician from the American Medical Association Bureau of Investigation: "Government chemists…

Hobo Soup can

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Quoted from the can label: "Hobo Soup was 'born' in the restless, creative mind of Lem Kaercher, a small-town newspaper publisher from Ortonville, Minnesota. In 1953, Lem went into the 'jungles' of Ortonville in search of a feature story on Mr. Hobo,…

Wine bottle

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Tall wine bottle made from glass with "hobo" wine label. Caberbet Sauvignon, 2016 Alexander Vallet, Sonoma County. Produced and bottled by the Hobo Wine Company in Santa Rosa, California.

Menu from hobo themed restaurant called Hobos Bar and Grill

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Menu from hobo themed restaurant in Ouakertown, PA. Data unknown.

A Letter from Hood River Blackie

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Letter sent to Minneapolis Skinny about Hood River Blackie's travels and his appearance in the Broadway musical "Hobo from Hoboken".

Tramp Miners article

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Article featuring Hood River Blackie's years of Western mining and the differences between tramp miners and hoboes.

Letter from Hood River Blackie to Steamtrain Maury

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Copy of letter written by Hood River Blackie to Steamtrain Maury.