Moniker : identity lost and found.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massillon Museum, organizer, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tramp art--Exhibitions.

Tramp art.

Railroads in art--Exhibitions.

Railroads in art.

Graffiti--Exhibitions.

Graffiti.

Outsider art--Exhibitions.

Outsider art.

Artists' marks--Exhibitions.

Artists' marks.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

143 pages, 1 unnumbered page : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Massillon, Ohio : Massillon Museum, [2018]

Summary:

"For hoboes, writing monikers was a way for a transient population to remain connected despite th unpredictability of clandestine railroad travel, a lack of telephonic communication, and routine incarceration. People in motion left material traces of themselves behind ... One time hobo Jack London wrote about the practice of carving "monicas" in his 197 book The Road."--Page 37

Contents:

Moniker: Identity lost and found

Massilon and the moniker tradition

J.B. King Esq.

Jim Tully

Leon Ray Livingston: A-No. 1

Moniker writing as invented tradition

Bozo Texino

Drawing and deciphering

Jack London

Palm Tree Herby

Monikers in the independent media

Kilroy was here

National Hobo Convention

Colleen Claybourn's moniker photography

Read between the lines.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781736005149

1736005146

OCLC:

1112736390