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Sport of Choice article

Article featuring Adman on what "sport of choice" means for hoboing. Date of publication unknown.

Steamtrain Scrapbook

A video “get well” card for Steamtrain Maury, featuring an ensemble cast of hoboes. Date of creation unknown.

Steel Clad Bath advertisement

Advertisement featuring a depiction of a hobo. Date unknown.

Stories by Adman

"Of sunflower seeds, beef jerky, and B.N.'s highline" by Adman

Stories from Hood River Blackie

A series of stories believed to be true by Hood River Blackie.

Tamborine autographed by hoboes

Variety of famous hobo autographs. From the book "The Hobo Style". Items found in the National Hobo Museum in Britt, Iowa.

The 'Bo article

Article featuring information about hoboing.

The American Experience - Riding the Rails

A documentary about hobo history and hobo life. Interviews from people who rode the rails who explain their reasons for hoboing. Interviewees describe their experiences being incarserated for vagrancy and frieght hopping. Narrated by historian David…

The American Pocket Medical Dictionary, Fifth Edition

Bound leather book, 15th edition printed in 1934, Contains the pronunciation and definition of all the principal terms used in medicine, surgery, dentistry, veterinary medicine, nursing, and kindred sciences: with over 60 extensive tables, very…

The Bellingham Kid's hat

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