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A poem written by Hood River Blackie with facts about hoboing.

Letter written by Hood River Blackie to Minneapolis Skinny in 1977.

Letter written by Hood River Blackie sent to Minneapolis Skinny in 1977.

Letter written by Hood River Blackie sent to Steamtrain Maury.

Copy of letter written by Hood River Blackie to Steamtrain Maury.

Article featuring Hood River Blackie's years of Western mining and the differences between tramp miners and hoboes.

Letter sent to Minneapolis Skinny about Hood River Blackie's travels and his appearance in the Broadway musical "Hobo from Hoboken".

Menu from hobo themed restaurant in Ouakertown, PA. Data unknown.

Tall wine bottle made from glass with "hobo" wine label. Caberbet Sauvignon, 2016 Alexander Vallet, Sonoma County. Produced and bottled by the Hobo Wine Company in Santa Rosa, California.

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,…