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Hobo Signs

Posted by Uncle John on April 24, 2018 at 12:15pm
Top left to right: Kind woman, gentleman, go this way.2nd row: Good spot to ask for a hand out, Kind lady-tell her a sad story.3rd row: Man with gun, mean dog, catch the train here.Bottom: talk religious, get a hand out.
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  • Uncle John June 1, 2018 at 3:48pm

    Cool, Patrick.  There are quite a few more signs too.

  • Maddog April 25, 2018 at 11:19am

    Hobo Graffiti :-) I did not know they had their own signs. Learnt me somethun' new for the day :-)

  • Tom Schaefer April 25, 2018 at 10:40am

    Nice

    I just used these as fret markers on a 17" scale Hobo Fiddle

  • Uncle John April 25, 2018 at 9:20am

    Thanks guys.  I think they are neat and useable too in this genre. 

  • Dave Lynas April 25, 2018 at 6:16am

     Nice Uncle. Petroglyphs from the urban jungle.

  • Korrigan April 24, 2018 at 7:40pm

    Very cool UJ!

  • AGP # April 24, 2018 at 6:52pm

    "Hooray", the Like Button just worked!, I think I've got it worked out now, log in and walk away for a couple of hours! :-D

  • Don Craig April 24, 2018 at 6:15pm
    Thanks Uncle John, I disremembered these, of course they're early American lore and could be usable source material for artwork on our git boxes.
  • AGP # April 24, 2018 at 5:40pm
    "Cool", just goes to show even at my (our!)age your never too old to learn something new!,I never knew there was such a thing as "Hobo Signs" :-)
  • Uncle John April 24, 2018 at 3:25pm

    ;)

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