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Hobo Stories comic book
Cover of comic book features a hobo wandering down a trail. Release date unknown.
Hobo’s Wife Cocktail Cardboard train and bottle
In the early 1970, Heublein Beverage Company marketed a series of premixed cocktails. The company capitalized on a story about the wealthy James Eads Howe who gave up his fortune and became a hobo.
Kings in Disguise comic book
Comic book cover a hobo inside a boxcar. Misrepresentation of hoboes as violent, criminal people. Release date unknown.
Little Orphan Annie The Hobo
Cover featuring Annie sitting in a hobo jungle. Description says "when kidnappers are chasing Annie, she had to escape quickly and without notice, so she went looking for the experts -- the hobos!" Release date unknown.
Medicine Bottles & Nicotine Sulfate
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…
A 1938 letter to a Texas physician from the American Medical Association Bureau of Investigation: "Government chemists…
Menu from Hobo Restaurant and Coffee Shop
A cozy modern restaurant, snack bar and steak restaurant. In Vagabond Motel in Miami, Florida.
Menu from hobo themed restaurant called Hobos Bar and Grill
Menu from hobo themed restaurant in Ouakertown, PA. Data unknown.
Menu from hobo themed resturant
Menu from an unknown hobo themed restaurant. Location and date unknown.
Newport postcard
Image of hoboes freight hopping on top of hay barrel train.
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Mountain Dew and Frisco Jack's tin craft cups
Handmade copper wire hobo cups made from a soup can and a mountain dew can. Frisco Jack is printed on the front of one can. The tin cans most likely…