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

Letter sent from Concord, Vermont. Text lists Steamtrain Maury as President, Hood River Blackie as Vice President and Feather River John as Secretary-Treasurer. Correspondence of Hood River Blackie's death.

Video footage of a hobo gathering in the Nevada desert, originally created by Bellingham Kid.

T-shirt from a Hobo Joe's restaurant in Madill, Oklahoma.

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

Photograph of Hobo Kings at Hobo Memorial Service, part of the Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa. Date unknown. Name in order from left to Right – Grandpa Dudley, Iwegian Rick, Iron Horse Brad, Adman, Uncle Freddy, Redbird Express, Stretch, Hobo Spike,…

Beer can from Lord Hobo Brewing Company.

List of policies and aims of hobo culture and life from the 1894 Convention of Congress of the Hoboes of America in Chicago, IL.

A comb was indispensable for the hobo to neaten hair & beard to appear well-groomed during his job hunting. The hobo beard oil (from HoboCompany, Hutto, TX) goes with this display, plus any other grooming aides in the collection.

The Hobo Company…