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==Exhibitions of Tramp or Hobo Related Artifacts Sponsored by the Main Street Museum==

[[image:Haitianhobo09.jpg|thumb|200px|''The Curious Case of the Haitain Hobo of White River Junciton, Vermont,'' by James Sturm. 2009.]]

==Schedule of Events for May, 2009==

* Friday, May 1st (May Day!) — “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”  First Friday at the Main Street Museum. Opening Reception 6 - 8 p.m. featuring readings and displays of museum artifacts relating to Tramps and Hobos, original artwork of Denys Wortman “Mopey Dick and the Duke”, Tramps at large in American in the 1930s from the archives of the Center for Cartoon Studies. Plus Live Jazz! Free admission.

* Thursdays, May 7, May 21, and June 4th at 7 p.m. — The Spring ARTifacts Film Series! Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp on all dates, plus rare vintage classic features showcasing Rovers, Roadtrips, Tramps and, yes, Hobos! Curated by the CCS Movie Club. With Introductions and discussion by Stephen R. Bissette. $5 per person. Free to CCS and Museum members.

*May 12th, Tuesday — '''Illuminated Slide Lecture on the Main Street Museum''' and “The Small Museums of Vermont”, 8 pm at Taxter/Spengemann Gallery, E. 12th Street, New York City by Museum Director David Fairbanks Ford. Free admission. [http://www.taxterandspengemann.com/ taxterandspengemann.com]

* Friday, May 15th — Tramp & Hobo & Transients at the Edge Panel Discussion. Opening reception 6 – 7 p.m. Symposium 7 – 9 p.m. $8 per person. 

* Saturday, May 16th — The Hobo Film Festival, with Shawn Lukitch. Part One: 4 - 6 p.m. Dinner break, 6 - 7 p.m. with Hobo Stew/BYO-BBQ on the Museum Riverbank. (You bring the food items, we supply the hot coals!) Part Two: 7 - 9 p.m. on the Museum Stage. $8 per person. Each film presentation will be accompanied by disscussion and question and answer sessions.

* Saturday, May 23rd — Hobo Stew and BYO-BBQ and Do-It-Yourself outdoor concert on the Museum Riverside, 6 - 8 p.m. Afterwards — Pariah Beat on the Museum Stage. Featuring Songs of the Open Road, Concert 9 – 11 p.m. $10 per person. Includes Stew!

* Thursday, May 28th — Illuminated Slide Lecture, “White River Junction and the Curious Case of the Haitian Hobo”, by James Sturm. Opening reception 6 - 7 p.m., Lecture 7 – 8 pm. Question and Answer session to follow. $5 per person, free for CCS and Museum members.

* Saturday, May 30th – Hobo and Tramp Musical Jamboree, featuring Sundown Songs and friends from New Orleans, 8 - 11 pm on the Museum Stage! Includes stories of Tramping of The Open Road from actual tramps and members of the band. $10 per person..

''Symposium made possible by the generosity of the [http://www.vermonthumanities.org/ Vermont Humanities Council] and the Byrne Foundation.''

[[Image:Wortman2cars30.jpg|thumb|200px|Tramps and their Cars. Denys Wortman 1930. From the collection of the Center for Cartoon Studies.]]

===A Gallery of Hobo Images===

[[Image:Dorothealangehobobindle.jpg|thumb|200px|The Tramp as seen by Dorothea Lange in the 1930s.]]

===Vermont History Expo, 2007. Tunbridge, Vermont===

World Tours, Hobos and Gypsies; 
Artifacts from Transmigratory Cultures in Focus
The Main Street Museum, White River Junction, Vermont, 2007

The Main Street Museum offers for your education and contemplation, an exhibit of transient objects and souvenirs of trips from our permanent collection — things brought back from abroad by Vermonters. World Tours were undertaken by middle and upper class Victorians for education, health, and in a more limited sense, cultural exchange. These same goals are often associated with Hobo life and the life of gypsie encampments to the present day. Just as there is a long history of Hobo life along the state of Vermont’s railroads, this culture continues today especially in our home town of White River Jct. 

	Founded in 1992, the Main Street Museum has been located in four different locations in the town of Hartford.  Therefore the museum itself can be seen as a kind of gypsie. We have been in motion but are now entering into a state of rest. Well, not rest really, but at least we can say that we are more composed now than we used to be.

===Items in this Category:===
*[[Discarded Cough Syrup Bottle]]
*[[Discarded Can, Hash]]
*[[Hats and Head-Coverings]]
**[[Straw Hat]]
**[[Civil War Forage Cap]]
**[[Slouch]]
**[[Derby Hat]]
*[[Nitrous Oxide Canister]]
*[[Railroad Date Nail]]
*[[Sardine Can, Flattened]]
*[[Street Band Boots, Discarded]]

==The Evolution of the Hobo; Images of a Non-threatening Wag==

[[image:ThetrampSM.jpg|thumb|Tramps or Hobos; you decide...]]