Yes. Or rather probably yes. There are folks on here that know a lot more than I do, and it's possible I could be wrong, but I do not believe Huffman made bikes anywhere else at that time.
In that serial number format, 7 is the last digit of the year and H is Huffman. You have to figure out the decade by looking at the bike.
See those rear forks on the frame that face back like a BMX? You'll see those called "prewar rear forks" a lot on the CABE, but a few manufacturers still used them after the war. Huffman in particular not only used them, but came out with a newly designed version that is fatter, and kept it until the late 50s! I don't remember what year the fatter "prewar" (LOL) rear fork came out, but my 53 Huffy has them and your Dayton doesn't, so yours has to be earlier.
So that along with "7H" nails it down to 1947. If it was 1957 it would have the fatter rear forks, and if it was 1937, a whole different serial number format was in use.
In that serial number format, 7 is the last digit of the year and H is Huffman. You have to figure out the decade by looking at the bike.
See those rear forks on the frame that face back like a BMX? You'll see those called "prewar rear forks" a lot on the CABE, but a few manufacturers still used them after the war. Huffman in particular not only used them, but came out with a newly designed version that is fatter, and kept it until the late 50s! I don't remember what year the fatter "prewar" (LOL) rear fork came out, but my 53 Huffy has them and your Dayton doesn't, so yours has to be earlier.
So that along with "7H" nails it down to 1947. If it was 1957 it would have the fatter rear forks, and if it was 1937, a whole different serial number format was in use.
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