Skippy Racer Chain Driven Tricycle Bought at Auction
Q: Hello, I recently bought this tricycle at auction. I have not been able to find any pictures on your site that look like this tricycle. Can you give me some more information on the year. Thank you for your help……..John
A: Your tricycle looks to be circa 1920’s or possibly early 1930’s. The model is a Skippy Racer made by American National or by Gendron, depending on whether your tricycle was made before or after the 1927 takeover. Determining the exact year is difficult without having the original catalogs from that time period, and many tricycle models were made for numerous years.
UPDATE: Shortly after posting the original photo and question, we received another question about the same model tricycle from another visitor to the site.
Oddly, that Skippy was photographed in front of a fireplace too.
The Skippy brand was named after the Skippy comic strip that started in the mid-1920’s. Skippy trikes were produced by the American National umbrella corporation that included such lines as American, Skippy, Gendron, and Pioneer.
