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- 1 2 3 National Endowment for the Humanities. "The Jewish outlook" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
- ↑ "The History of National Jewish Health". nationaljewish.org.
- ↑ Pioneers, Peddlers and Tsadikim by Ida Libert Uchill, Quality Line Printing (1979), ISBN 0-9604468-0-X, page 246
- ↑ "Collection: Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records | Archives @ DU Catalog".
- ↑ "Charles Spivak: Pioneer Jewish Doctor of Denver, Colorado – JMAW – Jewish Museum of the American West".
- ↑ The Centennial History of the Jews of Colorado, 1859-1959, by Allen D. Breck, The University of Denver Department of History Series, Hirschfeld Press (1960), Page 109.
- ↑ The Centennial History of the Jews of Colorado, 1859-1959, by Allen D. Breck, The University of Denver Department of History Series, Hirschfeld Press (1960), Page 110.
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