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- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Pebble Sheals (April 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: John Glaser Pottery Factory" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 1, 2016. (includes 8 photographs from 2000)
