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=The Peterson Pipe Chronicles= | =The Peterson Pipe Chronicles= | ||
[[File:The-Piper's-Favourite-Pipe.gif|thumb|left|150px|An old Peterson advertisement, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewXL23Spigot.jpg|thumb|200px|Sherlock Holmes XL23 Silver Spigot, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[File:AThinker-M.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An old Peterson advertisement, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewXL90RoyalIrish.jpg|thumb|200px|Royal Irish XL90, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[File:SilverXL23Lestrade.jpg|thumb|200px|Silver XL23 Lestrade, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:Pipedia2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Charles Peterson's personal pipe, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:Charles-Peterson-2-big.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Charles Peterson, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[ | [[File:The-Piper's-Favourite-Pipe.gif|thumb|left|150px|An old Peterson advertisement, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewXL23Spigot.jpg|thumb|200px|Sherlock Holmes XL23 Silver Spigot, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[File:AThinker-M.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An old Peterson advertisement, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewXL90RoyalIrish.jpg|thumb|200px|Royal Irish XL90, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[File:SilverXL23Lestrade.jpg|thumb|200px|Silver XL23 Lestrade, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:Pipedia2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Charles Peterson's personal pipe, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:Charles-Peterson-2-big.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Charles Peterson, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[File:1911 Charles Peterson's house, at 144 Leinster Road, Dublin.jpg|thumb|200px|Recent photo of the Charles Peterson residence, 144 Leinster Road,Dublin around 1911(yellow door)]][[File:Irishman.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An Irish Farmer smoking a clay pipe circa 1890]][[Image:Petersonsinterior.jpg|thumb|200px|Inside of the Peterson shop on Grafton St Dublin, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:Peterson 20Museum 20Wall.jpg|thumb|200px|A view of the Peterson Museum pipe collection, Courtesy Jim Lilley]]'''''By Jim Lilley''''' see [[A very brief Bio of Jim Lilley – Peterson Pipe Collector]] | ||
See Also: [[A closer look at the famous Peterson Standard System Pipe]], [[A Closer Look at The Peterson Deluxe System Pipe]], [[A Closer Look at the new Darwin Series]], [[A Closer look at the Peterson House Pipes]], [[A Closer Look at the Mark Twain Original and New Pipes]], [[A closer look at the Peterson Sherlock Holmes series of pipes]], [[Peterson Today (March 2011) – An Interview with Tom Palmer, Managing Director of Peterson of Dublin]], and [[Churchwarden Pipes]]. | See Also: [[A closer look at the famous Peterson Standard System Pipe]], [[A Closer Look at The Peterson Deluxe System Pipe]], [[A Closer Look at the new Darwin Series]], [[A Closer look at the Peterson House Pipes]], [[A Closer Look at the Mark Twain Original and New Pipes]], [[A closer look at the Peterson Sherlock Holmes series of pipes]], [[Peterson Today (March 2011) – An Interview with Tom Palmer, Managing Director of Peterson of Dublin]], and [[Churchwarden Pipes]]. | ||
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File:Old Pete Smoker.JPG|An old sailor smoking a Peterson | File:Old Pete Smoker.JPG|An old sailor smoking a Peterson | ||
File:GlasgowMan.jpg|A Glasgow Gentleman smoking a Peterson Pipe, dated 1910 | File:GlasgowMan.jpg|A Glasgow Gentleman smoking a Peterson Pipe, dated 1910 | ||
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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? | ||
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==Peterson Today== | ==Peterson Today== | ||
I am confident that the future looks bright for the modern Peterson era of pipe manufacture.<br> | [[Image:Peterson Factory picture.jpg|thumb|200px|Peterson management and staff outside the Sallynoggin factory, Courtesy Jim Lilley]]I am confident that the future looks bright for the modern Peterson era of pipe manufacture.<br> | ||
Since Tom Palmer took over the business in 1991 he has continued to create a much more efficient production cycle of the pipes being manufactured at their premises in Dublin.<br> | Since Tom Palmer took over the business in 1991 he has continued to create a much more efficient production cycle of the pipes being manufactured at their premises in Dublin.<br> | ||
His emphasis has been very much on employing good skilled staff and quality traditional methods. At the same time they continue to evolve,providing the modern pipe smoker with modern choices and trends in pipe design and shapes.<br> | His emphasis has been very much on employing good skilled staff and quality traditional methods. At the same time they continue to evolve,providing the modern pipe smoker with modern choices and trends in pipe design and shapes.<br> | ||