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President Reagan acknowledges applause from GOP supporters at a national savings and loan convention in New Orleans. Reagan delivered his speech beneath a sign welcoming him to the city.

President Reagan smiles to reporters as he departs the south lawn of the White House Friday afternoon for a helicopter trip and a weekend at Camp David, MD.

President Reagan listens to a speaker on a trip to Minnesota.

Fred Johnson was a forklift operator until he was laid off 7 months ago. Because he is middle-aged, he found no one wanted to hire him. He soon hit the rails and wound up sitting next to the tracks in Fresno, CA. Johnson is depressed about his…

David Bannon shares the warmth of a fire with his girlfriend and another person that took up residency in an old abandoned building after they were kicked out of the Western Pacific rail yards where they had been staying after arriving in Sacramento.…

A typical hobo jungle where men live when not riding the freight trains. This jungle, in Portland, is typical of many in that city. There are people living under just about every bridge.

This man has made this freeway underpass his home for several months despite the posted sign in Portland that says it is illegal.

Sid, an unemployed lumberman, hit the rails and wound up in Klamath Falls, where he made his home under a railroad bridge in the hobo jungle.

Hobos walk to the jungle at the rail yards in Klamath Falls.

The end of the ride--hobos leave a freight train after it comes to a stop in Sacramento.