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- ↑ "Lithograph, "The Darktown Fire Brigade: Under Full Steam"". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ↑ Le Beau, Bryan (Spring 2000). "African Americans in Currier and Ives's America: The darktown series". Journal of American and Comparative Cultures . Retrieved 2021-02-15.
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