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Hobo Run bandana

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Bandana from the 20th annual Hobo Run.

Hobo Joe's Restaurant t-shirt

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

Medicine Bottles & Nicotine Sulfate

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The Hobo Medicine Co. became located in Shreveport, LA as early as November 14, 1914, and Beaumont, Texas by January 1, 1923.

A 1938 letter to a Texas physician from the American Medical Association Bureau of Investigation: "Government chemists…

Hobo Soup can

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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,…

Wine bottle

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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.

Menu from hobo themed restaurant called Hobos Bar and Grill

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

The Tramp Joke Book

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"The Latest Tramp Jokes", form of discrimination against the wanderer, cover depicts two hoboes and doghouse. Color description: yellow, red, black, white

Hobo Life beer can

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Beer can from Lord Hobo Brewing Company.