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"My 1936 Dodge 'Pick em' Up" story

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Story about acquiring 1936 Dodge. Author unknown, most likely "Adman" Todd Waters. Stories from travels on the road. Date unknown.

"Patches" pamphlet

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Steamtrain Maury" explaining the historical significance of the Britt Hobo Convention. History of hoboing from post-Civil War to the 1970s. Steamtrain Maury's perspective on the definition of hoboing.

"Prose and Poetry of Iowa" booklet

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Collection of stories and poems from Iowa Blackie. Iowa Blackie shares stories, emotions, and feeling from the road. A semi-autobiographical account of Iowa Blackie growing up in the Midwest on the Pacific railroad line.

"Rail Riders' queen is a part-time hobo" article - Minneapolis Jewel

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Article featuring Minneapolis Jewel on her life as a part-time hobo.

"Remnants" song book

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Collection of songs, lyrics, and poems from Virginia Slim's travels on the road. Picture of a young Viriginia Slim riding the rails on the cover.

"Riding rails for the homeless" article

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Article featuring Adman on raising money for the homeless. Date of publication unknown.

"Simple life" postcard

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Image of hobo traveling on train tracks with bindlestiff.

"Still Good" Norman Rockwell

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

"Stranger than fiction, John. P Harms, hobo Cinderella" article

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Article featuring Carl the Tramp on his west coast travels in the 1890s. Publisher/creator unknown. Date unknown.

"Tales of the New Depression" article

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Article featuring Adman on the hardships of the road. From In Transition - a publication of travelers and immigrants aid of Chicago.