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

This an actual end of a ship’s hawser line – the heavy cables that anchored ships. Frying' Plan Jack tied this sample to show how a real monkey’s fist was used aboard ship. There would be a rock or piece of metal inside the rope (heavy enough that…

Photo of Fryin' Pan Jack shaving by a car mirror. Photo from the book "The Hobo Style".

Article featuring Frying' Pan Jack and stories from his travels. Creator/publisher/source unknown. Date unknown. Location unknown, picture caption mentions Cottage Grove.

Article featuring the life of Frying' Pan Jack. Daughter recounts the life of her father.

Article featuring Fryin' Pan Jack at the convention in Britt, Iowa. Date unknown.

Photo shows Fryin' Pan Jack in 1973 at Albert Lee (Alfred Lee), MN railroad yard. The chip art frame was made by a hobo. Tramp art is a style of woodworking which emerged in America the latter half of the nineteenth century. Some of tramp art's…

Illustration of Frying' Pan Jack doing his laundry at a hobo jungle during his travels.

Illustration of Frying' Pan Jack shaving with a mirror on a tree in a hobo jungle during his travels.