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How to feed a party of 2,500

Reprinted copy of newspaper article that explains the recipe for mulligan stew that is served in 55-gallon oil drums during Britt Hobo Days.

HOTEL de GINK

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Hopping the rails for charity article

Article featuring Adman on riding the rails for charity. Riding boxcars from New York to California. Source/Publisher and date of publication unknown.

Homemade necklace worn by Frog

From the book "The Hobo Style".

Hoboes riding freight train to California

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

Hobo’s Wife Cocktail Cardboard train and bottle

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.

Hobo: Riding the Rails for Homeless article

Article featuring Adman about his travels raising money for the homeless.

Hobo Stories comic book

Cover of comic book features a hobo wandering down a trail. Release date unknown.

Hobo Soup can

Quoted from the can label: "Hobo Soup was 'born' in the restless, creative mind of Lem Kaercher, a small-town newspaper publisher from Ortonville, Minnesota. In 1953, Lem went into the 'jungles' of Ortonville in search of a feature story on Mr. Hobo,…

Hobo Sketches by an Amana Station Agent

Magazine article featuring the history of hoboes traveling through the Amana Colonies in Iowa.