1939 HitchHikeDepot

[MrBern]

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/17/hitch-hikers-get-a-waiting-room-of-their-own/

From Popular Science 1939:
Hitch-Hikers Get a Waiting Room of Their Own (Oct, 1939)

Performing the role of the good Samaritan to the nation-wide fraternity of automobile hitch-hikers, the owner of a service station in Albion, Mich., recently established a hitchhikers’ depot hard by his row of gasoline pumps. Nailed to a tree, a large sign visible to approaching motorists at a good distance, identifies the spot, while a painted hand, with the thumb outstretched in the traditional manner, does the spade work for tired hikers.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/17/hitch-hikers-get-a-waiting-room-of-their-own/

From Popular Science 1939:
Hitch-Hikers Get a Waiting Room of Their Own (Oct, 1939)

Could they have found 3 more dejected looking souls for the photo?

 

[dr greg]

thumbs up

As someone who hitched tens of thousands of miles in my early years, I love that, but seriously, anybody who has ever stood by the side of a road for a couple of days in one spot while girls stroll up, put out the thumb and get the next car along would wonder about why such a sign was necessary for those featured, and I don't think things wuz much different back then neither.....