Jane Alexiadis: Toy trains carry a long history

... Ives, but the buildings are marked Lionel. A "Ives Toys Make Happy Boys" was the motto of Ives Manufacturing, of Bridgeport, Conn. The company started toy production in 1868, but it is best known for its train sets that were produced beginning in ...



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