Materials consist primarily of the correspondence of Lillian Frances Kennedy Pease and date from 1875-2003. Known as Lil, LFP and Aunt Lil, Lillian Frances was born on February 3, 1855. She like her sister, Mary Elizabeth, was a teacher who painted china before going into the card business. Lillian married Alvin W. Pease, a jeweler, (1855-1925) in 1883 in Buffalo, New York where the couple both ran businesses. Lillian established the Pease Greeting Card Company on Laurel Street and used the Sandford Card Company as a distributor. She was involved in the Temperance Movement and went to Ireland to take part in the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Her card company existed until her death in 1933. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
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Collection Citation:
Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers, circa 1839-2000; undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
