Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 A 16-year-old Italian boy named Antonio Pasin immigrated to America from Europe at the start of the 20th century. A skilled carpenter, Pasin headed to Chicago and began building little red wagons out of stamped metal. By 1923, he had saved enough money to create the Liberty Coaster Company, and he began mass-producing the wagon for just under $3. He named it the "Radio Flyer" in homage to two of his favorite inventions of the time: the radio and the airplane. #history The Original Little Red Wagon became an icon of childhood, used to pull kid siblings, to deliver newspapers, to race down hills with that funky reverse-handle steering, and so on. #radioflyer #nostalgia #ChildhoodMemories Slice of nostalgia fb page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 i had one , i bet most of you did too if you were that age in the 50s , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Of course. And lots of hills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I had one and my sister got it when I outgrew it. I got it back when my son was about three and he kept it. He had it restored maybe fifteen years ago and now my grandson has it. It looks pretty original except for the plastic wheels in place of the original stamped metal ones. I'd like to find a Japanese pedal car like my son got when we were on Okinawa. He used to pull the red wagon with his yellow #6 pedal car, but I've never seen another one like it. I had my wife's Sears Roebuck Flexible Flyer sled restored twenty years ago and her husband recently replaced rhw wood parts and it's hanging on a wall in his workshop....where they never get any snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctaw Jack Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 My grandson's still sits on the front porch. The place wouldn't be the same without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 15 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: A 16-year-old Italian boy named Antonio Pasin immigrated to America from Europe at the start of the 20th century. A skilled carpenter, Pasin headed to Chicago and began building little red wagons out of stamped metal. By 1923, he had saved enough money to create the Liberty Coaster Company, and he began mass-producing the wagon for just under $3. He named it the "Radio Flyer" in homage to two of his favorite inventions of the time: the radio and the airplane. #history The Original Little Red Wagon became an icon of childhood, used to pull kid siblings, to deliver newspapers, to race down hills with that funky reverse-handle steering, and so on. #radioflyer #nostalgia #ChildhoodMemories Slice of nostalgia fb page I had one , actually I had a couple of them. My first gun cart for cowboy shooting was my old Radio Flyer!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Radio Flyer is still in business: https://www.radioflyer.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 The only way Radio Flyer can go out of business is if kids stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I thought you were talking about this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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