Hobo’s Wife Cocktail Cardboard train and bottle

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Title

Hobo’s Wife Cocktail Cardboard train and bottle

Subject

popular culture
misrepresentation
stereotype

Description

In the early 1970, Heublein Beverage Company marketed a series of premixed cocktails. The company capitalized on a story about the wealthy James Eads Howe who gave up his fortune and became a hobo.

Creator

Heublein Beverage Company

Contributor

Minneapolis Skinny

Format

object

Language

English

Type

still image

Citation

Heublein Beverage Company, “Hobo’s Wife Cocktail Cardboard train and bottle,” Hobo Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, http://hoboarchive.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/315.