![Financial giants of America . Tobacco Co. emerged. James Buchanan Duke has severed all official connectionswith the American tobacco companies, although he remainsa large stockholder in numbers of them. He remains Financial giants of America . Tobacco Co. emerged. James Buchanan Duke has severed all official connectionswith the American tobacco companies, although he remainsa large stockholder in numbers of them. He remains](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CGHF5J/financial-giants-of-america-tobacco-co-emerged-james-buchanan-duke-has-severed-all-official-connectionswith-the-american-tobacco-companies-although-he-remainsa-large-stockholder-in-numbers-of-them-he-remains-at-thehead-of-the-british-american-co-he-has-conceived-a-gigan-tic-project-in-the-industrial-development-of-his-native-stateand-its-sister-state-south-carolina-and-has-organized-thesouthern-power-co-to-supply-electric-power-for-cotton-millsand-other-plants-including-street-railways-lighting-plants-andother-activities-demanding-electric-current-this-company-is-already-serving-2CGHF5J.jpg)
Financial giants of America . Tobacco Co. emerged. James Buchanan Duke has severed all official connectionswith the American tobacco companies, although he remainsa large stockholder in numbers of them. He remains
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Statue of James Buchanan Duke in front of Duke Chapel on Duke University West Campus in Durham, North Carolina Stock Photo - Alamy
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James Buchanan Duke Library Postcard - Postcard Collection - South Carolina Digital Library - Upstate
![Tomb of James Buchanan Duke, a prominent early funder of Duke University, in the memorial chapel within the Duke Chapel on the university campus | Library of Congress Tomb of James Buchanan Duke, a prominent early funder of Duke University, in the memorial chapel within the Duke Chapel on the university campus | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:pnp:highsm:43800:43822/full/pct:25/0/default.jpg)