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10 Essential Items Every 1930s Hobo Carried: A Survival Guide
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I used a small suitcase and a belt, off one shoulder.
whatcha gonna do when the grid goes down?
My grandfather, who served in WWI, used to carry these very items with him his entire life, even after he was a successful contractor; and barring the fishhooks, I pretty much do the same. I also always carry a whistle, preferably one that's both loud and shrill. Always prepared!
Is this for a Halloween costume or what
Took too long to reveal the items of the subject
Waterproofing matches is simple and easy simply dipping them into liquid wax from a candle end, and wipe off excess. It really helps protect your matches, but too much wax makes them hard to strike.
One thing often misunderstood, hobo does not equal bum. My grandfather was a hobo field tiler. Hobo worked, mostly following the field work … always homeward bound (HOBO).
Hobo sounds very like the Australian swagman traveling worker
Love your videos, keep up the good work.
Most of thing we had in the pass… were things that we really need, today it is like George Carlin said…. " TOO MUCH CHOICES AMERICA"
Pitiful
How EXACTLY would a hobo send money HOME in 1900 – 1940
First and fore most would be a nap sack and bindle. Then a Thermos bottle. Then those accoutrements that you listed.
Being Independent is learning survival from A to Z food , medicine so forth from mother earth yes a knife and a few small things makes life easier but really dont need it . Learn hand drill method and bow and be confident in yourself to make a coil in dead of winter . Learn the nomads way of life like stoneage then take advantage of a few modern items like a survival knife , tin can and a boyscout metal match a good handsaw thats all you need .
Thank you for the fascinating historical content, I have a great admiration for all those resourceful survivors during those hard times.
A-No. 1 video
Very interesting. Thank you James!
Men would occasionally knock on my grandmother's door and ask if they could do some work in the yard, in exchange for a meal. It was quite common. Grandma always obliged them.
Flexin with the greenbacks. 🤓
You make me want to get traveling 'streamlining'… I always traveled super-light, but super-super light is looking very attractive.
Hobos in america living better than me. Middle class workers are the new hobos.- Thanks Government
As being a 59 year old german "hobo like" person, i like your video very much. Grew up on a little farm in the middle of Franken, i am used to simple, functioning items in life and still feeling satisfyed. Thank you Mister 😉
I love your channel.
My Grandmother fed the hobos in Gary Indiana. Mom was told them to give them a bottle of milk and two ham sandwiches if they came to back door. They carved a symbol on the back yard gate post that meant that this house would feed you.
Hell my grandmother had a cigarette pack holder she had many
I carry all my essentials in my prison purse
Riding on an Eastbound Freight train speeding through the night Hobo Bill the rail bum was fighting for his life !
Funny that the world's greatest generation also produced the world's greatest hobos.
That case looks a lot like the cigarette cases my grandma used to have lol she wasn't a hobo 😅
The Hobos had a camp at Clear Lake in West Palm Beach, FL. They would go there for the winter and one day one of them took my first rod and reel that I had temporarily left leaning on a tree. There were also people who travelled down to the area to fish for Pompano which they sold to make a living during the winter.
When I researched for a book I wrote, I found that "Hobo" came from "Homeless Boy." The phenomena began after the Civil War when vets and others were traveling home and would hitch a ride on a freight or working train. I think that the terms Hobo, Bum, and Tramp became somewhat homogenized by the Great Depression. And that's the other thing; before the 1930s, the Great Depression began in 1873, when over-speculation and fraud in railroad investing broke the economy. The government had been bailing out railroad companies, which were often set up as scams. This led to many men who did travel for railroad work but were perpetually temporary hires, so it became a way of life. Utah Phillips was a famous "King of the Hobos" who is on recordings telling tales of the Hobos. He mixed it up with music. There was a song titled, "Halleluja, I'm a Bum." Somewhere I have a recording of him singing it and telling stories like "Mooseturd Pie."
those bags on a stick are called a bindle just some fun trivia
Very interesting but does not apply to today
They don't make "strike anywhere matches anymore – I only see "strike on the box" matches!
Loved that word. Today we are attacked if we call them anything but the unhoused.
Tobacco?