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In July 1865 a young man mustered out of the Union Army and within a couple of years started a directory business in Detroit that grew to provide 80 percent of the directories in the United States. How did they do it?

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From the shadow of the Civil War to 2013, R.L. Polk served the USA. See how a small directory business in Detroit grew to provide 80% of all directories in the United States.

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