Radio Flyer Kids’ 3

Families fled en masse to the suburbs, where they boomed out babies who needed to be carted around their subdivisions or glide under their own power on the tricycles and scooters Radio Steel began to produce. “My niece a few years ago was diagnosed with brain cancer and she spent eight months in children’s hospital… Continue reading Radio Flyer Kids’ 3

Radio Flyer Wagons Making Valley Kids’ Hospital Less Scary

At any given time, a few of the 16 full-time designer elves can be found in the prototype shop. Most of them, like Schlegel, have industrial design and mechanical engineering backgrounds. Markerrag January 3, 2015 These are getting harder to find, but you can look around a bit and still purchase them. /PRNewswire/ — Radio… Continue reading Radio Flyer Wagons Making Valley Kids’ Hospital Less Scary

How An Italian Immigrant Rolled Out The Radio Flyer Wagon Across America

In 1933, Chicago was the host of the World’s Fair, Century of Progress, and Radio Steel was asked to be a part of the celebration. Antonio Pasin took on major debt to fund the construction of a 45 foot tall wood and plaster Coaster Boy statue depicting a boy riding a Liberty Coaster wagon. Below… Continue reading How An Italian Immigrant Rolled Out The Radio Flyer Wagon Across America

What Is A Radio Flyer Wagon? With Picture

The Liberty Coaster Company began producing the wooden bodied “No. 4 Liberty Coaster” in 1923. In 1927, Pasin replaced the wooden body with stamped steel, taking advantage of assembly line manufacturing techniques and earning him the nickname “Little Ford”. 1500 wagons a day rolled off assembly lines even during the Great Depression. The backyard of… Continue reading What Is A Radio Flyer Wagon? With Picture