Edward Riley Ives (September 13, 1839 – 1918) was an American toymaker from Connecticut.
He married Jennie Blakeslee in 1866, and with the help of his father-in-law and brother-in-law, he founded the Ives Manufacturing Company two years later in 1868 in Plymouth, Connecticut.
Late in his career, he turned the company over to his son, Harry Ives.
Ives and his son were the subject of a biography titled Messrs. Ives of Bridgeport, written by Louis Hertz and published in 1950.
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