1950 Whizzer Pacemaker Motorbike
date: label: date made
content: 1950
name: label: maker
content: Whizzer Motor Company
notes: label: Description
content: Whizzer motor kits for bicycles, and complete Whizzer motorbikes like this one, were very popular after World War II. The relatively low cost of purchasing and riding a motorbike made personal mobility accessible and affordable for thousands of teenagers and adults. This motorbike was purchased by Americo Petrongelli in 1951 when he was 18. He rode it near his home in Chicago Heights, Illinois and commuted to work on it. He also gave rides to neighborhood kids on the fuel tank. After he married, he made the extra seat so that his three sons would not have to sit on the fuel tank.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Bicycling
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Raymond I. Spangler, Mary Stuart Spangler, and Jonathan Spangler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0233.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0233.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: motor bike
label: Object Name
content: Whizzer motorbike
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 in x 28 in x 74 in; 114.3 cm x 71.12 cm x 187.96 cm