New Here Help ID Bike

[Jvintage]

With so much time currently I was able to dig out some of my old bikes I’ve picked up over the years...here is a Hawthorne that I’m trying to identify (year and model) so I can see about restoring it. Beat I can tell it is a pre war bike w skip tooth chain and sprocket, also has a New Departure triple speed hub. Any help to identify the year and model would be much appreciated. Thank you!

 

[bike]

The triple speed set up is worth more than the rest of the bike in my opinion

 

[Freqman1]

Not prewar. I think early 50s Snyder? built. V/r Shawn

 

[Archie Sturmer]

The date and place code 05EH may reflect that the Montgomery Ward Hawthorne bicycle was built in 1950 at the (Snyder's) Excelsior Hawthorne plant in Michigan City Indiana. It looks like a boys model. Handle bars are upside down.

 

[Jvintage]

Great! Thanks for all the info