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"Tooth in the head" postcard

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Text displays "Ain't it the truth. I would hate to be the tramp, wouldn't you?" Image displays hobo with bindlestiff being chased by a dog.

Britt postcard

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Image displays man and woman driving in a car to Britt, Iowa. Test displays "I'd like to roll along with you to Britt, Iowa."

Continental-Pneumatic postcard

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Illustration of two hoboes hitching a ride on the back of a car. Police and dog chasing hoboes on back of car.

"I left my pants" postcard

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Image of woman given back undergarments of hobo who staying the night during their travels.

Newport postcard

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Image of hoboes freight hopping on top of hay barrel train.

"I'm not a mason" postcard

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Image of stereotypical hobo smoking a pipe and poking fun.

"A man's a man" postcard

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Illustration of man and woman sitting on the front step of a house. Text displays "A man's a man for that."

"I find things picking up" postcard

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Illustration of hobo in rags picking up use cigar from the street. Text displays: "I find things picking up."

"I may be here for sometime" postcard

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Drawing of man being chased up a tree by a bull. Text displays "I may be here for some time."

The postcard tramp magazine article

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Article titled "Wokring and Wandering". Article explains the historical and cultural significance of hobo art/tramp art.