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Mad hatter: Here's Peter Pesce, right, the 60-year-old waiter going on 18, who keeps customers in stitches with dirty tricks and endless jokes

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Mad hatter: Here's Peter Pesce, right, the 60-year-old waiter going on 18, who keeps customers in stitches with dirty tricks and endless jokes

Date10/23/1979

Names

Bull, Ron (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Subject

Newspaper publishing

Medium

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Language

ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132061F

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