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"Time to retire?" Norman Rockwell

Illustration of hobo in rags, sleeping with bindlestiff, and can of soup. Text on the sign says "Time to retire? Buy Fisk".

The postcard tramp magazine article

Article titled "Wokring and Wandering". Article explains the historical and cultural significance of hobo art/tramp art.

"I may be here for sometime" postcard

Drawing of man being chased up a tree by a bull. Text displays "I may be here for some time."

"I find things picking up" postcard

Illustration of hobo in rags picking up use cigar from the street. Text displays: "I find things picking up."

"A man's a man" postcard

Illustration of man and woman sitting on the front step of a house. Text displays "A man's a man for that."

"I'm not a mason" postcard

Image of stereotypical hobo smoking a pipe and poking fun.

Newport postcard

Image of hoboes freight hopping on top of hay barrel train.

"I left my pants" postcard

Image of woman given back undergarments of hobo who staying the night during their travels.

Continental-Pneumatic postcard

Illustration of two hoboes hitching a ride on the back of a car. Police and dog chasing hoboes on back of car.

Britt postcard

Image displays man and woman driving in a car to Britt, Iowa. Test displays "I'd like to roll along with you to Britt, Iowa."