re: RIP Hobo Shoestring

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I would have passed over the tags shown in favor of the colorful, block letters taking up half a car. Now, hearing this story, I will look more closely for the small personal tags instead of the larger gang tags and in-you-face urban art.

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Personal hobo tags are new to me, I will look harder. I always found the Depression Era stories of hobo tags on picket fences, indicating disposition of homeowners, interesting….whether lady was likely or not to give you a meal…

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Yeah, hobo tags have a long history. That's how they communicated, and still is to an extent. I found a book with a collection of known hobo tags, of all the genre of books this one is a......quilting book. It took a couple hundred hobo tags and made them into quilt block patterns. I'm no quilter, but I picked the book up anyway at one of those clearance stores and gave it to my Mom who is a quilter. I'll have to look back through it next time I'm over there.