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 ...

But in an America of the early twentieth century, in the midst of the Great Depression, how can we exchange ... known and understood only by them, the "Hobo Code". Based on a system of about sixty ...

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 ...

Some used a system of signs drawn with ... Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression,” listen to recorded interviews, and browse books about railroads, hobos and politics during the ...

"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 ...