Boy Riding a Tricycle, circa 1940

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Artifact Overview

Small children who could not balance on two wheels could always pedal on three. A tricycle was the first step for many twentieth-century kids before they graduated to the two-wheeler (sometimes with help from a set of training wheels).

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.54.100

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. From the Estate of Myrta Schwartz.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.375 in
Width: 2.75 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in pencil on back: Gene - 4yrs, 10mos.
Boy Riding a Tricycle, circa 1940