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A Hobo in the Great Depression (PA)

Date and Time

Thursday, August 21, 2025, 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC-05:00)

Location

623 8th Ave.
623 8th Ave
Homestead, PA  15120
USA

Category

Film/Video

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About this event

JOIN THE Battle of Homestead Foundation for an in-person film showing/talk on "A Hobo in the Great Depression".

 

PRODUCED BY documentary filmmaker Pauline Greenlick, "A Hobo in the Great Depression" looks at the 1932 travel diary by East Vandergrift, PA steelworker Joseph Szalanski (1910-1940) who rode freight trains into all 48 continental U.S. states during a six-month, 14,000-mile journey.

 

Published as a full-length book by his son in 2010 as "Boarding The Westbound", the film features original music by Mike Stout and narration by actor Mike Firek along with interviews of Joe Szalanski, Jr.

 

DATE: Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 from 7:00-9:00 pm

PLACE: The Bost Building, 623 E. 8th Ave., Homestead, PA 15120

ADMISSION: Free – but Eventbrite reservation required

 

  • The film is 75 minutes, followed by Q. and A. with Ms. Greenlick and Mr. Szalanski

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The film will be shown in the gallery where the "Art of Labor: Off Our Walls"exhibit is currently running. Featuring over 130 paintings, photographs, artifacts and ephemera from the collections of historians Joe and Delsa WhiteSteffi Domike and Rivers of Steel"Art of Labor: Off Our Walls" runs through Oct. 24, 2025. The Bost Building is currently open Monday through Friday. Call (412) 464-4020 for hours.

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