The Flexible Flyer sled, famously part of the classic film "A Christmas Story," was first manufactured by Pennsylvania Quakers in the late 1800s. The inventor, Samuel Leeds Allen, a farm implement ...

Hank Morton’s great-grandparents, Henry and Lucinda Morton, started making sleds by hand in their Oxford Hills home in 1861 — gorgeous rides with gracefully curved wooden runners, their decks ...

A Flexible Flyer sled from 1936 from the permanent collection of The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis. In the late 19th century Samuel Leeds Allen took the age-old concept of the sled and improved on ...

If it snows in your hometown and you’re over the age of 35 or so, chances are the name Flexible Flyer takes you on a fast, fun trip down a snowy memory lane. The legendary sled went downhill – in the ...

The guidebook "Flexible Flyer and Other Great Sleds for Collectors," by Joan Palicia, tells us the most famous sled was the "Flexible Flyer" manufactured by Samuel Leeds Allen, a Pennsylvania Quaker ...

MOORESTOWN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Sledding is a popular snow day pastime, and one man is such a fan he created a museum just for sleds. A colorful piece of plastic is all you need. But of course, sleds ...

MOORESTOWN – The sleds seem to have a personality of their own. One, the Model No. 6, stands 8 1 / 2 feet tall; one has a Mickey Mouse design; there's a Fire Fly Model No. 10a, built from 1890 to 1900 ...

Balmy temperatures in the 40s on Feb. 8 meant that no actual sledding took place during the Finnish sledding day festival, at Canterbury’s Finnish American Heritage Society. But that didn’t stop folks ...

A Flexible Flyer sled from 1936 within the permanent collection of The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis.jpg A Flexible Flyer sled from 1936 within the permanent collection of The Childrens Museum of ...