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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.

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

Collection of recipes from various hoboes. Release date unknown.

A audio recording, originally recorded in 1991, comprised of seven segments: “Catching Out With Train Sounds,” “Conversations Around A Campfire,” “London Kid Telling Hobo Stories,” “Sidedoor Pullman Kid: Catching Out,” “Sidedoor Pullman Kid: Story…

Extra Tape - Side B.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

Extra Tape - Side A.mp3; cassette tapes digitized by ProVideo Cedar Rapids, 10/23

1980 poster advertising the 80th annual Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa. Descriptions of rail lines to Britt.

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

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…