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1991-2007

1927

In celebration of Sanford's 70th birthday, the company commissions Norman Rockwell to create a painting for advertising use. The ad appears in several magazines with the caption, "It's lucky for you, child, your Gran'dad wrote this will with Sanford's Ink!"