A system of hastily scrawled symbols that only the ... he did what hundreds of thousands did during the Great Depression: He hopped a freight train. Willy became a hobo, a footloose worker who ...

Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, talks about Depression-era “hobos” and how they have been romanticized in popular culture. Jeffrey Urbin, with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential ...

"The 'Depression-era hobo' theme of our wedding didn’t come ... in which they discuss how they recreated life during the great depression. "We invited our friends and family to share in our ...

One day after watching a TV program on the Great Depression, she decided to design a group of quilt blocks from the hobo symbols. "It was actually quite simple," Henninger said about creating ...

After some thought and discussion the students scattered and began reading the “hobo symbols” Delaney ... it was like for people living during the Great Depression, instead of just ...

During the Great Depression, hobo numbers soared as men – and families ... Train hobos, romanticized in film, book and song, became symbols of freedom and adventure, and not just for men ...