The Downsizing Doula

A collection of metallic toy railway equipment by Ives, including a black steam locomotive with a red-roof tender, a cream refrigerator/express boxcar, a yellow passenger coach, a small green open-top freight car, and a booklet titled 'Ives Toys'. The Ives Manufacturing Company, an American toy manufacturer from 1868 to 1932, was the largest manufacturer of toy trains in the United States from 1910 until 1924, when Lionel Corporation overtook it in sales.