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- ↑ Cary Nelson; Jefferson Hendricks, eds. (1996). Madrid 1937: Letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. ISBN 978-0-4159-1408-6.
Fredericka Martin, night supervisor at the Crotona Park Hospital in New York and now scheduled to be head nurse at
- ↑ "Guide to the Fredericka Martin Papers".
As supervisor and head nurse she served on the staffs of .. and Crotona Park Hospital
- ↑ "VIP Community Services (Mens Residential Drug Program)". February 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Building News". The American Architect . CXI: 14. March 7, 1917 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Eight Hurt in Crash of Bus and Truck; 25 passengers in Bronx are thrown from seats as Vehicles Collide. DRIVER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Ambulance Surgeon Treats Other Victims of Accident at Crotona Park South Corner". The New York Times . November 9, 1930.
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