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- ↑ "Concha Ortiz y Pino de Kleven, 96, Politician, Is Dead". New York Times. Associated Press. October 9, 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ↑ Coulter, Lane; Dixon, Maurice Jr. (1990). New Mexican tinwork, 1840-1940. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 141. ISBN 0826311806.
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