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- 1 2 Camp Airy/Louise
- ↑ Camp Channel: Camp Louise
- ↑ Kessler, Barry (June 2018). "'Fresh Air and Cheer': The Origins of Camp Louise in the Settlement House Movement of Baltimore's Jewish Community" (PDF). Maryland Historical Magazine. Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ↑ "Camp Louise: History". Archived from the original on 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- 1 2 "Camp Louise: Jewish Living". Archived from the original on 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2010-06-26.