Genealogy Journeys Podcast #58: The Hobo Lifestyle

Hobo in the Jungle, preparing dinner, Minneapolis, MN, ©1939, Vachon, 

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Sara Cochran joins Jean Hibben on this Genealogy Journey into the life of hobos: their lifestyles, communication, difficulties, lexicon, reasons for taking on that lifestyle, food, and even the annual Hobo Convention. Jean adds the song "Go to Sleep You Weary Hobo" in the second half, available with the Premium version.

Hobo Jungle along the riverbank, St. Louis, MO, ©1936, Rothstein

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Resources used in the podcast:

Definitions:

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hobo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo (includes a limited list of jargon)

https://www.history.com/news/whats-the-difference-between-a-carpetbagger-and-a-scalawag

Words & Symbols

http://www.angelfire.com/folk/famoustramp/signs.html

https://www.logodesignlove.com/hobo-signs-and-symbols

https://www.ranker.com/list/hobo-symbols/kellen-perry

https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/museum/assets/files/hobo-signs-definitions.pdf

https://weburbanist.com/2010/06/03/hoboglyphs-secret-transient-symbols-modern-nomad-codes/

https://owlcation.com/humanities/All-things-HOBO-signs-and-symbols

http://www.hobonickels.org/terms.htm

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hobo

Hobo convention

https://www.britthobodays.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hobo_Convention

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-hobo-convention

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/268e2f_7698d3453f4f49f9828cf544b4d13a7f.pdf

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/things-i-learned-at-the-national-hobo-convention?utm_term=.wlkb98exp#.ybq0PxzaA (absolute MUST read)

Museum

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-hobo-museum

Hobo gathering, Lower Douglas Street, Omaha, NE (one of the hobo centers of the west), ©1938, Vachon

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