Corporate Name
A. J. Peters Shipsmith
Person/Family Name
Ashley, Clifford W.*
American, 1881 - 1947
Artist/Maker
Church, Albert Cook *
American , 1880 - 1965
DateCirca 1920
MediumNegative, Nitrate
Dimensions4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm)
Object number2000.100.34
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionClifford W. Ashley at A. J. Peters Shipsmith. __Ambrose J. Peters was a blacksmith who specialized in whaling tools. This shop was located at 11 Front St., at the head of Merrill's Wharf. It was originally James D. Driggs' shop. He ran the shop there until he died in 1918 when his brother Charles E. Peters took over and operated the shop until his death in 1925.On View
Not on view
C.E. Peters Shipsmith & Whalecraft Manufacturing
1745-1925
New Bedford.
