Formulae Relating to Tramps and Hobos
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Economic Potential + Room to Roam = North America
Freight Train + Work = Hobo
Freight Train + Dream = Tramp
Freight Train + Alcohol = Bum
Person + Willingness to Roam in Pursuit of Economic Potential = American
Person + Need to Roam, Not Necessarily for Economic Reasons = Tramp
Tramp + Freight Train + Work = Hobo
U.S. Economic Depression, 1870s + Railroads and the Open Road = Tens of Thousands of Tramps
Tens of Thousands of Tramps + Harper's Weekly et al. + Party Politics of the 1860s-1900s = Tramp Menace
Tramp - Ability to Travel = Bum
Bum + Contemporary Perspective = Homeless
Homelessness - Perspective = Bums
Tramp + Automobile = Rubber Tramp
Talking About Hobos = Nostalgia
Freight Trains - Hobos = Photos by Hans Hansen
Young People Who Will Not Fit In = Nothing New and No Problem
Young People Who Cannot Fit In = A Problem
Young People Who Cannot or Will Not Fit In + Freight Trains/Hitch Hiking/Greyhound = Travelin' Kids
Travelin' Kid + Overwhelming Personal Problems = Tragedy
Travelin' Kid - Overwhelming Personal Problems = Tramp
Hobo - Freight Train = Migrant Laborer