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Description
Contains an interview with two ex-hobos, Bill Raymond and Jim Elkin. The recording likely took place in either Vacaville or Davis, California, because there is discussion of Southern Pacific’s Winter Branch. The interview covers various topics, including avoiding special agents (Santa Fe at Barstow was notorious for being a difficult place to catch a freight), their dislike of hippies riding in the 1970s, lamenting deceased hobos, and nostalgia for the good old days on the road. They mention where they worked harvests and what areas were good to hobos (i.e. Miles City, Montana and Milwaukee Road at Avery, Idaho). Other places, such as Livingston, Montana, were not so good to them.
Type
sound
Format
Original Stereo Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
AC 7 cscrm_000505
Language
English
Subject
Homeless Persons
Provenance
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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