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Frying' Pan Jack postcard
Illustration of Frying' Pan Jack shaving with a mirror on a tree in a hobo jungle during his travels.
Tags: culture, Frying' Pan Jack, history
Iowa Blackie postcard
Image of Iowa Blackie frieght hopping across Iowa.
Tags: culture, history, Iowa Blackie
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.
Tags: culture, history, Iron Horse Brad
Wine bottle
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.
"Hobo Gear" hat
Navy cap, 1990s style, with white print
Whiz Comics: Captain Marvel a Hobo?
Cover image depicts hobo walking along train tracks looks at billboard with Captain Marvel. Billboard text displacts "Is Captain Marvel a hobo?"
Action Comics: From Rags to Riches
Cover image depicts Superman as a hobo in a hobo jungle. Text displays "Why does Superman fight crime as millionaire and as a hobo?"
The Tramp Joke Book
"The Latest Tramp Jokes", form of discrimination against the wanderer, cover depicts two hoboes and doghouse. Color description: yellow, red, black, white
1987 Britt hobo convention attendance
Reprinted copy of 1987 convention attendance. Names listed in order: Steam Train Maury, The Man Called John, Cardboard McClary, Virginia Slim, Empress Hobo Lump, Fisk/Fry Pan Jack, Red XXXX “87”, Snapshot 8/64, Cinderbox Cindy, Austin John, Charlie…
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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…