{"id":9055,"date":"2020-01-09T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=9055"},"modified":"2020-01-09T21:02:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T21:02:14","slug":"there-back-again-a-hobos-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2020\/01\/09\/there-back-again-a-hobos-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"There &amp; Back Again: A Hobo&#8217;s Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2020\/01\/A-Hoboes-Tale-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2020\/01\/A-Hoboes-Tale-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2020\/01\/A-Hoboes-Tale-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2020\/01\/A-Hoboes-Tale-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2020\/01\/A-Hoboes-Tale.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An exhibition is currently on display about Hobo culture, train hopping, and boxcar art over the last 150 years.  The exhibit will run from January 9 &#8211; February 28, 2020 in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Gallery at the University of Connecticut.  Drawing from the extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu\/repositories\/2\/classifications\/2\">railroad collections<\/a> at the UConn Archives &amp; Special Collections, this exhibit seeks to present the love of trains from an alternative approach through art, folklore, and travelogue.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition will feature an opening reception and film showing of Bill Daniel&#8217;s <em>Who is Bozo Texino:<\/em> <em>the epic account of the improbable discovery of the true identity of the world&#8217;s greatest<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/boxcar?src=hashtag_click\"> <\/a>boxcar artist<\/em>. (2005) on Thursday, February 6th, 2020 from 7-9pm.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibition is currently on display about Hobo culture, train hopping, and boxcar art over the last 150 years. The exhibit will run from January 9 &#8211; February 28, 2020 in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Gallery at the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2020\/01\/09\/there-back-again-a-hobos-tale\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,255,9],"tags":[486,164,466,487],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NKyO-2m3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9059,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9055\/revisions\/9059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}