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- ↑ "A.F. Gallun & Sons Corporation - Man with Coveralls".
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- ↑ United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means (1994). Trade Agreements Resulting from the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means and Its Subcommittee on Trade, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, January 26, February 1, 2, 8, and 22, 1994. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 788. ISBN 978-0-16-044574-3.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- 1 2 "Former Gallun tannery buildings face wrecking ball".
- ↑ "Gallun Tannery Site Presents Opportunity and Challenges".