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Opening day of the Radio Flyer Wagon in 1990, Ken Spiering enjoys a moment on his beloved creation. Reflecting in a Inlander interview, Spiering wishes that people would not feel the need to “tag” items. “the first few times I had been up there where the paint on the interior of the wagon bed was essentially scraped clean from all the people scratching through it with their names and everything, I was a little heartsick.”
This file appears in: 26 Tons of Oddity
26 Tons of Oddity
The world’s largest Radio Flyer wagon “The Childhood Express” sits in Spokane’s Riverfront Park. It was commissioned by the Junior League of Spokane for the State centennial Celebration of Children in 1989. The plaque reads: “This Sculpture is…
