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- ↑ "Obituary". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Newspapers.com. February 10, 1930.
- ↑ "Obituary - J.P. Hubrick". Anchorage Times. February 4, 1930.
- ↑ "PCA 291: J. P. Hubrick Photograph Collection, ca. 1900-1920". Alaska State Library. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "McCarthy Lodge web site" . Retrieved 8 March 2004.
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