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Flip the bike over and look at the BB shell. You should see something like an SN 64 or EH 64. Just reverse the number and it will give you the year. In this case, 64 would be 1946.
The curved down tube indicates a 1942 or later design, more streamlined model.
DP Harris “Rollfast” introduced the streamlined frame with a curved down tube about a year or so after Montgomery Ward.
I have seen 6-digit serial numbers on the seat tube mast on post-war bicycles, usually preceded by a letter; e.g., “A” starting in ~1945.
Maybe look for a letter and another digit to the left of the 23022.
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