Radio Flyer has received numerous awards, including “Best Places to Work” by Fortune, “Top Small Workplaces,” by The Wall Street Journal and “5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America,” by Inc. The new Hero Wagon features a medical-grade, easy-to-disinfect fabric exterior, instead of the classic, but bulky, metal frame. The design is foldable, allowing hospital staff… Continue reading Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’
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Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’
It was inspired by the 45 foot tall “Coaster Boy” model, the Radio Flyer hit of the 1933 World’s Fair. Antonio Pasin, a sixteen year old Italian immigrant, was looking for cabinet making work in Chicago in 1914.2Instead he began his American work experience as a water boy for a sewer digging crew. After three… Continue reading Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’
Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’
He sold more than 100,000 of the mini wagons, and the fair made Radio Flyer a nationally recognized brand. Emand for Liberty Coasters was so high that Pasin abandoned his cabinetmaking ambitions to focus solely on the wagons. By 1923, he had begun working with steel instead of wood and painting the metal wagons bright… Continue reading Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’
Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’
The 1950s saw a yellow wagon inspired by the movie Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier and a blue wagon produced in partnership with Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club. Wagons from the 1970s borrowed the stylings of the muscle cars of the day, including the Fireball 2001 inspired by Evel Knievel. The 1990s saw the… Continue reading Chicago’s Radio Flyer Keeps Building A Better Wagon, But ‘most Of What We Do Fails’