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Board scrap and Pennsylvania Kid's travel gear

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

Mini bindle made by Rose Hughes on a hobo autographed canvas bag

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

Tamborine autographed by hoboes

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Variety of famous hobo autographs. From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

Knife made from railroad spike

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From the book "The Hobo Style".

1979 Hobo Jungle - News Special

A segment from a talk show titled “Real People,” featuring a description about the National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, with an emphasis about the annual Hobo King and Queen elections. Raw footage from the convention featuring famous and…

Pennsylvania Kid's Razor and Black Box

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

Labor's Unsettled Vagrancy: The Rise and Fall of thee Hobo Labor Movement, 1865-1929

M.A. thesis titled "Labor's Unsettled Vagrancy: The Rise and Fall of thee Hobo Labor Movement, 1865-1929". Written by Laura Carpenter.

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…