Doodle-Bug

Q: Back in the 1940s my brothers and I had fun riding our favorite toy, a Doodle-Bug. We haven’t seen or heard of it since. No one seems to know what we’re talking about when we describe it. Our grandparents bought it in or near Chicago. It had one wheel in front and two in the back. Can you help us verify what we remember?    

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