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