Wow. Great shots Jim. Looks like some sort of hobo jungle from the 1930s. Thanks for documenting that old timer.
These 90 vans are neat. I have done one plastic and one wooden kitbashes of them.
If anyone needs lengths the MP14 Forms for the 1940s have lengths for most of the 90 vans:
http://dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=MP14FORMS
Dan