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Barefooted, a blue wool muffler wrapped around his throat, two of his 200 military medals stuck in his black silk Japanese dressing gown, a pilot's ca(...)
Barefooted, a blue wool muffler wrapped around his throat, two of his 200 military medals stuck in his black silk Japanese dressing gown, a pilot's ca(...)

Barefooted, a blue wool muffler wrapped around his throat, two of his 200 military medals stuck in his black silk Japanese dressing gown, a pilot's ca(...)

Date2/18/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Barefooted, a blue wool muffler wrapped around his throat, two of his 200 military medals stuck in his black silk Japanese dressing gown, a pilot's cap stuck on his head and the piece de resistance . . . a carnival balloon. Ladies and gentlemen, Georgie Jessel, toast-master general of the U.S. asks your attention!
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0057671F
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