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- ↑ "Juan B. Wandesforde". The Los Angeles Times. November 20, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved December 2, 2019– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Juan Buckingham Wandesforde". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ↑ Lekisch, Barbara (2003). Embracing Scenes about Lakes Tahoe & Donner: Painters, Illustrators & Sketch Artists 1855-1915. Lafayette, California: Great West Books. p. 35. ISBN 9780944220146. OCLC 1001900414.
- ↑ "Juan Wandesforde". Laguna Art Museum. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
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