Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Hobo signs

Years ago when hobo's roamed the roads, woods and rails they used signs to leave messages and communicate with each other. I found this page about the meaning of some of their signs and symbols. I was surprised at the amount of signs they had and the complexity.

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2 comments:

  1. cool, I will show this to Jacob...

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  2. Is the lower chart a representation of numbers or are the numbers for a key not shown?

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