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Photographer: Duke University Libraries via Wikimedia Commons (PD)
Caption: James Buchanan "Buck" Duke (1856-1925)
Additional Description: Through his American Tobacco Co., which he founded in 1890, he controlled the U.S. cigarette market until the federal government successfully broke the monopoly in 1911. He also founded an electric utility that eventually became the Duke Energy conglomerate. His last home was also known as Lynnwood and White Oaks.
Submitted: December 11, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p764640
File Size: 0.100 Megabytes

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