Hechinger 1962 Advertisement — Best Prices in Town on Bikes and Trikes: 26-Inch Lightweight at $25.96, a Sturmey-Archer 3-Speed at $29.96

THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, December 5, 1962 A-32 [running head, above the advertisement]
NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL 9:00 INCLUDING SATURDAYS
Best Prices In Town on
BIKES & TRIKES
Over 40 Makes and Models! One for Every Budget!
In an Array of Sizes, Shapes and Sparkling Colors!
Easy, One-Stop-Shopping for “Harry Homeowner”! Convenient Storage Till Christmas!
[Hechinger logo: a tall H with a cartoon figure in a cap beside it]

26″ Lightweight BICYCLE $25.96 CHARGE IT!
Santa’s favorite bicycle for boys and girls the world over! These bicycles, boys in sparkling red, girls in royal blue, have strong tubular steel frames, chain guard, bell, two-tone saddle and tool kit, chromeplated tire rims, rubber handle bar grips, safety coaster brake, long-wearing tires and tubes! (10-178-9)

20″ TRAINER BIKE $24.96 CHARGE IT!
Adjustable metal trainer set with step plates make it the ideal bike for beginners. Boys in red and white, girls in blue and white. (10-167-8)
26″ DELUXE LIGHTWEIGHT $29.87 CHARGE IT!
26″ bike has coaster brake, two-tone seat, tool kit, cantilever frame. Boys in flamboyant red, girls in flamboyant blue. (10-173-4)
16″ STRATO-JET BIKE $14.96 CHARGE IT!
Ball bearing wheels, genuine coaster brake, tangent spoke wheels. Remove one bolt, the tank comes off and you have a girl’s model. (10-329)
3-SPEED LIGHTWEIGHT $29.96 CHARGE IT!
Boys in sharp red, girls in smart blue. Equipped with Sturmey-Archer 3-Speed shift. (10-183-4)
24″ MIDDLEWEIGHT $29.86 CHARGE IT!
Has kickstand, coaster brake, luggage carrier, headlight, tool kit, many extras. Girls in blue, boys in red. (10-169-70)
26″ MIDDLEWEIGHT $29.86 CHARGE IT!
Has handy luggage carrier, coaster brake, kickstand, tool kit, other fine features. Girls’ in blue, boys’ in flamboyant red. (10-198-90)

STORAGE SPACE A PROBLEM?
Purchase the bike of your choice from Hechinger’s now . . . the bike will be stored for you until the week before Christmas!

40″ Speedway SLED ONLY $4.33
Children of all ages love sleds. Buy one, or several, now and keep it on hand for instant fun. Sleds have heavy gauge, steel runners, smooth hardwood slat bodies.
48″ Speedway Sled $5.96 54″ Speedway Sled $6.96 60″ Speedway Sled $7.96
Many Other Models of Tricycles at Hechinger’s!
10″ TRICYCLE $6.91 CHARGE IT!
Blue Metallic trike has smart white trim. Durable 1¼” steel tubing, comfortable extra large bucket type saddle for “young ‘uns.”

OPTICAL EQUIPMENT PRICED RIGHT FOR CHRISTMAS AT HECHINGER ALEXANDRIA, ROCKVILLE, FALLS CHURCH, WISCONSIN AVENUE & PRINCE GEO. PLAZA
[A table of binoculars from $2.96 to $49.96, microscopes from $9.96 to $79.96 and telescopes from $4.96 to $49.96, with a line of descriptive copy; not transcribed price by price.]
For Train Tables Or Christmas Tree Bases. FIR PLYWOOD [a price table by thickness and size]; SAWHORSE For Train Table Support 18″ High $2.98; Green Grass Finish UPSUM BOARD 5’x8’x½” $5.49; For Christmas Cut-Outs or Train Tables HOMOSOTE BOARD 5’x8’x½” $5.49

HECHINGER
THE WORLD’S MOST UNUSUAL LUMBER AND HARDWARE STORES PLENTY OF FREE PARKING
NORTHEAST—15th and H Sts. at Bladensburg and Benning Rds.; GEORGIA AVE. N.W.—5925 Georgia Ave. at Military Rd. & Missouri Ave.; WISCONSIN AVE. N.W.—4555 Wisconsin Ave. bet. Nebraska Ave. & River Rd.; SOUTHEAST—1905 Nichols Ave. nr. Good Hope Rd. at Anacostia Bridge; ALEXANDRIA, VA.—3131 Duke St. bet. Quaker Lane & Telegraph Rd.; FALLS CHURCH, VA.—Lee Hwy. and Rte. 338, 1 mile from 7 Corners; ROCKVILLE, MD.—By-Pass and Washington St.; PRINCE GEORGES PLAZA—Hyattsville, Maryland
Open Monday through Friday 9:30-9:00, Saturday 9:00-6:00
PHONE ORDERS INVITED phone 399-1000 FREE DELIVERY On Orders Over $10
OPEN A CONVENIENT CHARGE ACCOUNT

[A large drawing of a 26-inch lightweight bicycle with a handlebar bag fills the left of the upper block; six smaller bicycle drawings stand in two columns to its right (a trainer bicycle, a lightweight, a Strato-Jet with a tank, a 3-speed lightweight, a 24-inch and a 26-inch middleweight); a sled and a tricycle stand below. The lower half of the page holds binoculars, microscopes and telescopes, plywood and boards.]