Micah On His Trike

For Christmas we bought a Red Flyer Tricycle for our grandson. He loves it! Yesterday he and mommy and daddy went to the park and took it for a trial run. Micah can't quite reach the peddles, but by summer he will be on his way to riding. 

The first known commercially produced pedal car has a patent date in the early 1890's. By the early 1900's pedal cars had taken a foothold with the American public. In the 1910's pedal car manufacturers were offering pedal cars that resembled the real cars of the era. Buick, Cadillac, Packard, Pierce Arrow, Pope and Winton were a few of the makes that were available to the public in child-size vehicles. During the 1920's pedal car manufactures offered many kinds of roadsters. Large fenders were in vogue, as were polished radiators and radiator ornaments. Pedal cars of the 1930's were larger and heavier than in any other period in history. Streamlining began to take hold with American, National, Gendron, and Steelcraft all offering new designs. Artillery wheels with large plated hubcaps were featured with hood ornaments resembling graceful works of art. In the 1940's pedal car manufacturers offered their versions of military vehicles. The 1950's found designers trying to create fantasy cars that had jet plane and spaceship themes. The hot rod also became popular during this era. Garton and Murray Ohio were popular pedal car manufacturers. Pedal cars during the 1960's emerged with decals and plastic trim and some could be ordered with a metallic finish. Garton, Murray and AMF all had a large array of products for consumers to choose from.