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'''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes'''''' | |||
'''Peretti''' is the brand of Robert A. Peretti, then owner of the '''L.J. Peretti Co.''', a tobacconist founded in Boston by his grandfather, L.Joseph Peretti in 1870. The first pipes made there date from the 1920s, and Robert began producing them in 1938. | |||
The customers of this well known tobacco and pipe shop included the former British prime minister, Ramsey MacDonald, and also Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Edward G. Robinson, and Walter Matthau. | |||
'''L.J. Peretti Co.''' | '''L.J. Peretti Co.''' | ||
''Established 1870'' | ''Established 1870'' | ||