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''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:Old Pete Smoker.JPG|An old sailor smoking a Peterson | ||
File:GlasgowMan.jpg|A Glasgow Gentleman smoking a Peterson Pipe, dated 1910 | |||
File:Irishman.jpg|An Irish Farmer smoking a clay pipe circa 1890 | File:Irishman.jpg|An Irish Farmer smoking a clay pipe circa 1890 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||