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Man along Railroad Tracks

Date: 1940
Description: A man (maybe a railroad worker or a tramp) standing along a railroad track next to a small cooking fire. Railroad cars are in the background.
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Albert Hansen, as a Hobo

Date: 1905
Description: Albert Hansen, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicting himself as a hobo, with a pipe and a handkerchief. Part of a yearbook he create...
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Man Sleeping, Bowery

Date: 1968
Description: Man sleeping on a sidewalk in front of a retractable metal gate in the Bowery.
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"Bum" Asleep in Hay

Date: 06 1927
Description: A transient man asleep in a pile of hay at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultura...
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Homeless Man

Date: 2003
Description: A homeless man holding a cardboard sign that reads "HOMELESS HUNGRY ANY Thing HELPS GOD BLESS" on Rose Street intersection.
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Hard Times Have Had a Dreary Stay

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card of a hobo in a jacket and hat seated in front of a campfire, warming his hands. His bundle of belongings is on a stick by his side. His footpr...
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Jim Grant

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Description: Jim Grant, having just walked up from Oklahoma City, is looking for work in Madison.

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