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- ↑ "Correspondence", by Eugene Kinkead and Russell Maloney. The New Yorker, May 22, 1943; pg 14
- ↑ The Tony Award: a complete listing with a history of the American Theatre Wing, Isabelle Stevenson, Sonia Ediff. Crown Pub., 1980
- ↑ Hart, Eric (2010-10-04). "Why is there no Tony Award for Props?" Eric Hart's Prop Agenda, Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ↑ Designing and painting for the theatre, Lynn Pecktal, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975, pg 241
- ↑ USITT presents the designs of Ming Cho Lee, Delbert Unruh, United States Institute for Theatre Technology, 2006. pg 18.
- ↑ "Kitchen of 'White Horse Inn'", by Bosley Crowther. The New York Times, November 22, 1936; pg X1