American Flyer was a popular brand of toy train and model railroad in the United States in the middle part of the 20th century.
Read more about American Flyer: The Chicago Era, 1907–1938, A. C. Gilbert Company, 1938–1966, Lionel, 1979–present
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“We’ll build a democracy here, even if it’s with Nazi bricks.”
—Samuel Fuller, U.S. screenwriter. Samuel Fuller. Captain Harvey, Verboten! American Military Government officer explaining the practicalities of de-Nazification (1959)
“How do you expect to learn to dance when you have not even learned to walk! And above the dancer is still the flyer and his bliss.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)