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In Memory of Frog

A memorial video created in honor of the late great two-time Hobo King Frog.

How to feed a party of 2,500

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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

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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

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From the book "The Hobo Style".

Hoboes riding freight train to California

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

Hobo’s Wife Cocktail Cardboard train and bottle

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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

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

Hobo Stories comic book

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

Hobo Soup can

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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,…