Unpacking Hobo Codes: The Pictographic Language of Train-Hopping Nomads - 99% Invisible
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Unpacking Hobo Codes: The Pictographic Language of Train-Hopping Nomads - 99% Invisible
With the spread of American train networks in the late 1800s, more and more hobos (individuals without permanent jobs or homes) tried their luck on the rails, riding illegally across the country to find work and leaving their marks along the way, including visual symbols scrawled or etched as messages to fellow travelers. The number
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