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6261
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Julian Shakespeare Carr made a fortune off his Durham tobacco enterprise, Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. He also built a magnificent home there, Somerset Villa, for the then enormous sum of $125,000. Webb discusses Carr and his home.
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12543
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James B. Duke is an initial member of the NORTH CAROLINA magazine Business Hall of Fame. He was a tobacco tycoon, a farsighted promoter of hydroelectric power, and a great philanthropist.
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14368
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Using W. Duke & Sons tobacco factory as the focal point, this article delivers a brief history of early cigarette manufacturing in North Carolina. Making cigarettes in their factories gave Duke & Sons a new market with less competition than the solely tobacco growing competition.
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14485
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This article details the economic progress of Durham, North Carolina. With a growing population and millions invested in industries such tobacco, Durham is becoming a thriving metropolis.
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24226
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This article presents the history and architecture of redbrick tobacco factories in Durham. A trend has started in which tobacco warehouses are being converted to restaurants, businesses, and apartments.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 9, September 2004,
p60-63, il
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24543
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This article discusses the Living Tobacco Museum and how it will preserve North Carolina’s tobacco industry and heritage. It is located at the Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham.
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37012
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Emblazoned with the Lucky Strikes cigarettes symbol, it’s a reminder of a time when four fifths of the United States’ tobacco products came from Durham’s American Tobacco Company. The company still has a presence in town as the American Tobacco Campus, complete with historic buildings and courtyard.
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