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''Thank you, Jim, for developing these wonderful articles on Peterson pipes for Pipedia. --[[User:Sethile|sethile]] 19:31, 18 October 2010 (UTC) -- Pipedia SYSOP'' | ''Thank you, Jim, for developing these wonderful articles on Peterson pipes for Pipedia. --[[User:Sethile|sethile]] 19:31, 18 October 2010 (UTC) -- Pipedia SYSOP'' | ||
===A revised history of the Kapp & Peterson brand of pipe makers=== | ===A revised history of the Kapp & Peterson brand of pipe makers=== | ||
Until recently very little was known about the early history and the emergence of the Kapp and Peterson pipes as a brand. The following information was previously quoted widely in many publications as being the factual version of the firm's early beginnings. | Until recently very little was known about the early history and the emergence of the Kapp and Peterson pipes as a brand. The following information was previously quoted widely in many publications as being the factual version of the firm's early beginnings. | ||
“The Nurnberg brothers Friedrich and Heinrich Kapp, whose elegant Dublin tobacconist first opened for business in 1865 on Grafton Street, Dublin could scarcely have dreamt that they would participate in the birth of a legend.<br> | ''“The Nurnberg brothers Friedrich and Heinrich Kapp, whose elegant Dublin tobacconist first opened for business in 1865 on Grafton Street, Dublin could scarcely have dreamt that they would participate in the birth of a legend.<br> | ||
Friedrich & Heinrich, who christened their shop simply 'Kapp Brothers', soon made a name for themselves making and selling quality Meerschaum and Briar Root pipes. | Friedrich & Heinrich, who christened their shop simply 'Kapp Brothers', soon made a name for themselves making and selling quality Meerschaum and Briar Root pipes. | ||
It was not long before Charles Peterson, a large young Latvian immigrant from Riga, walked into Kapp Brothers Grafton Street premises armed with a revolutionary pipe and ambitious plans for the future, declaring that he could make better pipes than they could. Armed with an imaginative flair for pipes and a craftsman's background. There and then, Peterson suggested that the brothers go into partnership with him to turn his pipe dream into the world's dream pipe. They agreed and Peterson not only proved himself correct, but became the third partner in the fledgling firm. The company was renamed Kapp & Peterson.” | It was not long before Charles Peterson, a large young Latvian immigrant from Riga, walked into Kapp Brothers Grafton Street premises armed with a revolutionary pipe and ambitious plans for the future, declaring that he could make better pipes than they could. Armed with an imaginative flair for pipes and a craftsman's background. There and then, Peterson suggested that the brothers go into partnership with him to turn his pipe dream into the world's dream pipe. They agreed and Peterson not only proved himself correct, but became the third partner in the fledgling firm. The company was renamed Kapp & Peterson.”'' | ||
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File:Old Pete Smoker.JPG|A Glasgow Gentleman smoking a Peterson Pipe, dated 1910 | |||
File:Irishman.jpg|An Irish Farmer smoking a clay pipe circa 1890 | |||
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Not much more factual background information was known about the Kapps or of Charles Peterson. How the business evolved and progressed,their family lives,when did they retire,where and when did they die. Why was there few, if any accurate factory records for this period? | Not much more factual background information was known about the Kapps or of Charles Peterson. How the business evolved and progressed,their family lives,when did they retire,where and when did they die. Why was there few, if any accurate factory records for this period? | ||
*The difficulty has been separating the myth and legend from the true historical facts. | *The difficulty has been separating the myth and legend from the true historical facts. | ||
*There are few, if any verified accurate historical references, that is until now!! | *There are few, if any verified accurate historical references, that is until now!! | ||
*The research work currently being undertaken for the new book, has brought forward many new exciting historical surprises, in regard to this early period of the Kapp and Peterson story. | *The research work currently being undertaken for the new book, has brought forward many new exciting historical surprises, in regard to this early period of the Kapp and Peterson story. | ||
*I can assure all Peterson enthusiasts that the much more thorough detail which we now have for this period,to be published in the forthcoming new book ('The Peterson Pipe Chronicles'), will rewrite the previous historical information and help clarify the true K&P Time-line. | *I can assure all Peterson enthusiasts that the much more thorough detail which we now have for this period,to be published in the forthcoming new book ('The Peterson Pipe Chronicles'), will rewrite the previous historical information and help clarify the true K&P Time-line. | ||
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File:Img007.jpg|Old Patent Catalog, Courtesy Jim Lilley | File:Img007.jpg|Old Patent Catalog, Courtesy Jim Lilley | ||
File:AmberPatent1901.jpg|1901 Amber Stem Patent, Jim Lilley Collection | File:AmberPatent1901.jpg|1901 Amber Stem Patent, Jim Lilley Collection | ||
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File:PetersonPatent Meer.jpg|Patent Meerschaum, Jim Lilley Collection | File:PetersonPatent Meer.jpg|Patent Meerschaum, Jim Lilley Collection | ||
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==Peterson Time Line== | ==Peterson Time Line== | ||
[[File:1898LionMeer.JPG|thumb|400px|1898 Lion Head Meerschaum, Courtesy Jim Lilley collection (similar in figure to the iconic pipe on the old Peterson Patent catalogue shown above. The two figurative pipes on the catalog cover are briar pipes crafted by Louis Lamberthod in St Claude (France). Peterson used to commission this kind of pipe from the French pipemaker, inventor of the famous machine able to duplicate figurative pipes.)]]For the sake of simplicity and aiding our purpose of ascertaining a more meaningful systematic approach,I will keep the Peterson story time- line basic and simple. | [[File:1898LionMeer.JPG|thumb|400px|1898 Lion Head Meerschaum, Courtesy Jim Lilley collection (similar in figure to the iconic pipe on the old Peterson Patent catalogue shown above. The two figurative pipes on the catalog cover are briar pipes crafted by Louis Lamberthod in St Claude (France). Peterson used to commission this kind of pipe from the French pipemaker, inventor of the famous machine able to duplicate figurative pipes.)]]For the sake of simplicity and aiding our purpose of ascertaining a more meaningful systematic approach,I will keep the Peterson story time- line basic and simple. | ||