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Judging by the shape of the head badge and badge screw placement, I believe your dad was riding a Gendron Pioneer tricycle. Was this trike passed down from an older sibling or other family member? I ask because the rat trap style pedals would indicate the tricycle is several years older than the mid-1930s, more like late teens to early 1920s. The seat having short springs would also be an indication of the earlier date.
Thanks. That makes sense. It's probable that the trike was a hand-me-down from his brother who was ten years older.
Hedstrom made tricycles for many years - from the 1930s (possibly earlier?) to at least into the 1990s, I believe. The models like yours with the open step plate holes were produced from around the late 1930s into the 1940s. In later years the frame design changed and the main frame tube had a sharper bend behind the seat support, which is a design feature which helps ID newer Hedstroms if the name badge is missing. I've been collecting and researching tricycles since around 1990, and by studying design features of various makers have learned how to ID many of them that are missing head badges or decals. I still get stumped by some and it bugs me until I find the answer as to who made them.
