Washington Duke
Confederate Navy officer, businessman, philanthropist and tobacco industry executive (1820-1905) · United States · On the map · Business Professionals · Died at 84
Washington Duke was an American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist. During the American Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate States Navy. In 1865, Duke founded the W. Duke, Sons & Co., a tobacco manufacturer that would be merged with other companies to form conglomerate American Tobacco Company in 1890.
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Card created by Donaldson Brothers, from the Miniature Novelties series issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco (c. 1890)
Puzzle Card Number 8, The Cryptogram Puzzle, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco (c. 1890)
Statue of Washington Duke at Duke University's East Campus, photographed in June 2006
