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- ↑ The E.M.S. Gallerie and The Public Safety Post Office Is Proud To Present the Artwork of Allan Albaitis, The San Diego Fire Fighters & Paramedics, retrieved 4 March 2024
- ↑ Live Auction: Fire Art and Collectibles to Benefit Fire Chief, My Firefighter Nation Network, retrieved 4 March 2024
- ↑ Artist Allan Albaitis, Hopper Institute®, retrieved 4 March 2024
- ↑ American Art Show: Allan Albaitis, American Art Show, retrieved 4 March 2024
- ↑ Drawing of Firefighters Ed Bellinger and Cherina Kleven Created by Allan Albaitis, Approximately 2000 to 2009, UNLV University Libraries: Special Collections and Archives, retrieved 4 March 2024
- ↑ Artist Works To Rescue Business Inspired By His Firefighting Career, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 23 July 2012, retrieved 5 March 2024
- ↑ Las Vegas Fire & Rescue History, 1905-2005: Commemorative Book, UNLV University Libraries: Special Collections and Archives, retrieved 4 March 2024
- ↑ American Art Show: Allan Albaitis, American Art Show, retrieved 4 March 2024
- ↑ International Firefighters' Day: A Tribute to Past, Present, and All Those on the Frontline, 4 May 2020, retrieved 5 March 2024
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