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Washington Duke

 

Washington Duke left home to take up tenant farming...
Duke's First Factory

 

The beginning of Washington Duke's rise to prominence in the tobacco business ...

 

 

  The Second Factory

 

Washington Duke began the manufacture of smoking tobacco...

 

The Third Factory

 

Washington began to concentrate more heavily on the manufacture of tobacco..

 

  The Move into Durham

 

 

 

 

The beginning of a large scale tobacco company ...

 

 

 

 

A New Product

 

 

 

A keen rivalry with W. T. Blackwell and Company a product shift...

 

 

 

 

  On to American

 

 

 

 

Five principal companies unite to form the American Tobacco Company.   ...