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- ↑ "Florida Memory". Florida Memory. Florida State Archives. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ↑ "Miami Beach City Archives". Miami Beach City Archives. City of Miami Beach. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ↑ "Lummus elected". Miami Herald. 23 December 1926. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ↑ "Preserving Capone's home isn't glorifying a gangster". Miami Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ↑ "Lummus, Dade Tax Assesor and Pioneer". Miami Herald. 20 February 1983. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ↑ "Lummus , developer in fight at city hall". No. 1. Miami Herald. 12 July 1947. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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- Lummus, John Newton (1940). The Miracle of Miami Beach, The facts about the early days. Miami Post.
