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[[File:Peretti13.jpg|thumb|400px|Compilation, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]'''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes'''''' | [[File:Peretti13.jpg|thumb|400px|Compilation, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Peretti.jpg|thumb|L.J. Peretti Co Pipe box and sock, via Doug Valitchka]]'''''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. | '''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. | ||
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