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Newspaper article published on the significance of tramp art highly sought after by collectors.

Small basket made of woven sweet grass, Great Depression-era tramp art, color description: yellow, gold, greeen

Geometric shapes, woodworking, tramp art-style. Widespread use of wooden cigar boxes in the 1850s sparked involvement in tramp art.

Rivaling a Swiss army knife and carved from a single piece of wood. Hoboes' ability to carve is most evidenced by their monikers, or nicknames, carved like tradesmarks on railroad sheds. Most pieces lack identification. A token or tinket a hobo might…

Color description: orange, geometric shapes and patterns

Delicate tramp art made from used matches and glue. Artist created a representation of a slave house build on wealthy plantation.

Tramp art, small figure of hobo with arms made from bottlecaps. Small box of mismatch items is a part of the hobo figure.

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 originated with hoboes Mountain Dew and Frisco Jack, made with scraps found around a hobo jungle.