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Chapter 17 Richard “Pennsylvania Kid” Wilson (1911-1989), Four-Time Hobo King

Tags: culture, history, Pennsylvania Kid

Chapter 18 Rudolph W. “RAMBLIN’ RUDY” PHILLIPS (1911-1986), 1986 HOBO KING

Tags: culture, history, Ramblin' Rudy

Chapter 19 Timothy Walter Moylan, “Connecticut Slim” (1911-1990), Crown Prince of Hobos For Life

Tags: Connecticut Slim, culture, history

Chapter 2 James Eads How, the Millionaire Hobo, Philanthropist, and Social Activist

Tags: culture, history, International Brotherhood Welfare Association, James Eads How

Chapter 20 “FRY PAN JACK” FISK (1912-1990), 1984 HOBO KING, GRAND DUKE

Tags: culture, Frying' Pan Jack, history

Chapter 21 John Maslen, the “Hardrock Kid” (1905-1977), Five-Time Hobo King

Tags: culture, Hardrock Kid, history

Chapter 23 “STEAMTRAIN MAURY” GRAHAM (1917-2006), FIVE-TIME KING OF HOBOS, Grand Patriarch, and Grand Ambassador, THE MOST BELOVED HOBO KING

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Tags: culture, history, Steamtrain Maury

Chapter 24 John Francis O’Connor, Better Known As The “Sidedoor Pullman Kid” (1917- 2008), 1994 Hobo King

Tags: culture, history, Sidedoor Pullman Kid

Chapter 25 Lawrence Patrick Pat Meierhoff, “Gas Can Paddy” (1917-2007), Depression Era Hobo

Tags: culture, Gas Can Paddy, history

Chapter 26 JAMES “LORD OPEN ROAD” LANGFORD (1920-1981), THE ECCENTRIC, Rhyming HOBO

Tags: culture, history, Lord Open Road

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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…