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Tag: hobos

The Tramp Reports

June 22, 2025 Gordon Harris2 Comments
Hobos with a campfire by the train tracks

During the late 19th century and during the Great Depression, thousands of hobos and tramps arrived in Ipswich by the railroad.

Posted in HistoryTagged hobos, tramps
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Abraham Hammatt
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Ipswich Massachusetts Revisited by William Varrel

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