- Hobo Signs & Symbols
- Some hoboes today communicate via
cellular phones and e-mail. But the classic American hobo of early this century
communicated through a much more basic system of marks--a code through which they gave
information and warnings to their fellow Knights of the Road. Usually, these signs
would be written in chalk or coal on a trestle, fence, building or sidewalk, letting
others know what they might expect in the area of the symbol.
- Below are a number of these hobo
signs. See if you can figure out what each one means. A link at the bottom of
the page will take you to the answers.
