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From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa. Photo includes "Steamtrain Maury", "Gas Can Paddy", "Fishbones", "Ramblin' Rudy", Iowa Blackie", and "Minneapolis Jewel".

Photograph of Empress Bo Lump

Documentation of the "underclass" of America featuring stories from hoboes in the early 19th century.

Two short video clips—a hobo-related cartoon, and a short film about hobo life and culture. Interviews from various hoboes, including Fryin' Pan Jack and Steamtrain Maury.

Depiction of a hobo featured in the advertisement. Date unknown.

blue shirt

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

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…