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Earl Roberts: A certain fascination keeps the 61-year-old on the job.
Earl Roberts: A certain fascination keeps the 61-year-old on the job.

Earl Roberts: A certain fascination keeps the 61-year-old on the job.

Date12/23/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132844F
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
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
10/23/1979
Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
11/8/1983
The idea man: Inventors, frustrated from lack of time and money in attempts to develop an idea, may find comfort through Robert Clarke. His new company keeps one-third of profits from inventions it helps develop.
The idea man: Inventors, frustrated from lack of time and money in attempts to develop an idea, may find comfort through Robert Clarke. His new company keeps one-third of profits from inventions it helps develop.
11/10/1970
London's Lord Mayor at City Hall, Clad in traditional robes of his office, Sir Robert Bellinger, Lord Mayor of London, shakes hands with Joseph Jenkins, of the Canadian corps of Commissionaires, who came to Canada from London 61 years ago.
London's Lord Mayor at City Hall, Clad in traditional robes of his office, Sir Robert Bellinger, Lord Mayor of London, shakes hands with Joseph Jenkins, of the Canadian corps of Commissionaires, who came to Canada from London 61 years ago.
10/19/1967
Department head Oliver Chick is also school treasurer and counting money keeps him late at school. He earns only $13,400 a year after 39 years of teaching.
Department head Oliver Chick is also school treasurer and counting money keeps him late at school. He earns only $13,400 a year after 39 years of teaching.
2/23/1967
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
3/24/1977
Alex Richman: The 61-year-old Toronto businessman has been associated with the Ontario fashion industry for 43 years and was honored by Fashion Division, State of Israel Bonds
Alex Richman: The 61-year-old Toronto businessman has been associated with the Ontario fashion industry for 43 years and was honored by Fashion Division, State of Israel Bonds
n.d.
A weary 61-year-old Frank Mariani sits alone and virtually ignored in a wheelchair in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital lobby today
A weary 61-year-old Frank Mariani sits alone and virtually ignored in a wheelchair in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital lobby today
4/25/1984
Dining-car steward, William Roberts of Winnipeg, has been with CP for 46 years, next year he retires
Dining-car steward, William Roberts of Winnipeg, has been with CP for 46 years, next year he retires
2/19/1971
Reaching for maturity are, from left, Dean Roberts, working at the University of Toronto in community relations, Tannis Weinstein, national director of the Jewish Students' Network, Belle Pan, a fourth-year biology student
Reaching for maturity are, from left, Dean Roberts, working at the University of Toronto in community relations, Tannis Weinstein, national director of the Jewish Students' Network, Belle Pan, a fourth-year biology student
4/21/1992
Centre left, Jacques Perusse, vice-president of Christian Dior Canada, keeps his cool during the frenzied debut Poison, the new Christian Dior fragrance
Centre left, Jacques Perusse, vice-president of Christian Dior Canada, keeps his cool during the frenzied debut Poison, the new Christian Dior fragrance
8/18/1986
Comics a shrewd investment: Richard Foster looks over some of the comic books from a collection he values at $25,000. Foster keeps his comics at the bank and takes them out periodically so he can have the fun of re-reading them. He compares owning comic b
Comics a shrewd investment: Richard Foster looks over some of the comic books from a collection he values at $25,000. Foster keeps his comics at the bank and takes them out periodically so he can have the fun of re-reading them. He compares owning comic b
11/24/1979