In over 50 hobo autobiographies I’ve read I have never once read a first hand account of a hobo consulting signs. This would be entirely dependent on who was in the jungle at the time and that could literally change day by day. “Friendly campsite” or “Friendly Jungle” makes no sense at all. Also, most sets contain too many signs and signs that make no sense. There are many different sets of signs, which often disagree with one another on meanings, even of the most simple of signs. We’re working on sharing our thoughts on hobo signs, but academics like Nels Anderson rode the rails in the early 1900s for years and refuted the actuality of any signs. That last part was a joke, I love and adore my family, and wouldn’t change a thing.Įxactly Hunter. I think that’s amazing and would’ve done it myself, if not for these meddling kids. I’ve known people that travel the country doing their own line of work, because that’s how they choose to live, go someplace for whatever reason, work for a few weeks, months, even years, then up and move somewhere else. The symbols in the photos below were drawn onto a small model of an early-1930s American town.ĭuring the great depression, my grandma had what amounted to a soup kitchen, she told me that upwards of 90% of men would not accept free food, they were too proud, so, if my grandparents had no work for them, my grandma had a wood pile in the back yard, she would tell someone that she needed it closer to the woodchute, when the next guy came, she would tell him she needed it closer to the back door, my point being that, like today, a large percentage of “homeless” people do want to work, but are unable for whatever reason, and there are a lot of able-bodied freeloaders out there too, that will turn down a meal if required to do actual work for it.
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