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'''Baars, Dunwody & Company''' was a lumber exporting company founded by [[Henry Baars]] and his brother-in-law [[Brian Dunwody]].
At the turn of the twentieth century it was one of the world's largest exporters of pitch pine timber, controlling the output of approximately fifty lumber manufacturers in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, with foreign interests represented throughout Europe.<refname="southern">J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.</ref> Several of the firm's members were stockholders and directors in the [[American National Bank]] and were active in the [[Pensacola Chamber of Commerce]] and [[Young Men's Business League]].<ref name="southern"/>
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