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From the book "The Hobo Style".

From the book "The Hobo Style".

From the book "The Hobo Style".

From the book "The Hobo Style".

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

Beer can from Hobo Beer Company.

Beer can from Dust Bowl Brewing.

Beer can from Lord Hobo Brewing Company.

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.

These were the cigar leaf scraps from the cigar maker’s bench - cheap cut-off pieces that fell on the floor during the cigar making process. They were sold cheaply because there was no use for them – cigar clippings could not be used to make…