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Image of hobo traveling on train tracks with bindlestiff.

Reprinted copy of 1987 convention attendance. Names listed in order: Steam Train Maury, The Man Called John, Cardboard McClary, Virginia Slim, Empress Hobo Lump, Fisk/Fry Pan Jack, Red XXXX “87”, Snapshot 8/64, Cinderbox Cindy, Austin John, Charlie…

The envelope this letter is in is hobo art. Quoting Iron Horse Brad: "My best friend Liberty Justice and I sent these to one another for 25 years until he passed." The drawing depicts hobos in the jungle singing songs.

Image of Iowa Blackie frieght hopping across Iowa.

Illustration of Frying' Pan Jack shaving with a mirror on a tree in a hobo jungle during his travels.

Illustration of Frying' Pan Jack doing his laundry at a hobo jungle during his travels.

Collection of songs, lyrics, and poems from Virginia Slim's travels on the road. Picture of a young Viriginia Slim riding the rails on the cover.

The story of why Frog began hoboing, definition of hoboing, and stories of train riding. This story is contained in One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American Hoboes, pages 41-47, by Cliff Williams (Oats), published by Indiana…

Steamtrain Maury" explaining the historical significance of the Britt Hobo Convention. History of hoboing from post-Civil War to the 1970s. Steamtrain Maury's perspective on the definition of hoboing.

Collection of stories and poems from Iowa Blackie. Iowa Blackie shares stories, emotions, and feeling from the road. A semi-autobiographical account of Iowa Blackie growing up in the Midwest on the Pacific railroad line.