In 1931 and 32 , Ives had offered a good looking line of 9 1/2 " lithographed freight cars. In 1933, Lionel discontinued the Ives line but due to the depths of the Depression maintained the lithographed cars (which could be sold for much lower prices than Lionel's normal enameled cars) in order to offer low priced sets. They removed "Ives" from the black oval and substituted "Lionel" and gave the cars a new number 1719. While they were handsome and more realistic than the prior lithographed cars (about 6-7" long) Lionel did not really care for lithography (especially Mr. Cowen) and so they were never shown in the catalogue. So here is the 1933-1940 large lithographed boxcar # 1719, note the car remained in the line until 1942 but after 1940 had box couplers.
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