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| Title | Examples of hobo signs |
| Coverage / Year | c. 1930 to 1939 |
| Description | Drawing, with text |
| Interpretation | Hoboes communicated through a basic system of markings, a code through which they gave information, and warnings to others. From the 1880's up until World War Two, these markings could be found on curbs, fences, posts, sidewalks, buildings, trestles, bridge abutments, and other places to aid hoboes in finding help or steering them clear of trouble. Usually, these signs would be written in chalk or coal. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | Transportation--A Student's Historical Explanation; Studying the Great Depression through novels; |
| Learning Standards | 16 History; 15 Economics; |
| Author or Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Hobo Signs by Stan Richards, ISBN 0-87929-030-7, 28 p., 1974 |
| Subject / Keywords | United States--Social conditions; United States--Economic conditions; Depressions--1929--United States; Dust Bowl; Trains; Tramps--United States; Signs and symbols; Hoboes |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois State Library
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| CONTENTdm file name | 70319141882003_hobo7.jpg |
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