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Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake

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Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake

Date3/27/1979

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Bailey, Pearl (subject)

Innell, Reg, 1926-2018 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake. She and Louis Jannetta, maitre d' of the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room, both celebrate birthdays today--he's 51 and she's 61. The jazz singer opens a 10-day engagement at the hotel tonight.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0030303F

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