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- ↑ Loew's 42nd Street Theatre. Museum of the City of New York . Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- 1 2 Don B. Wilmeth, Tice L. Miller (1996). "Murray Hill Theatre". The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. Cambridge University Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780521564441.
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- ↑ Theatrical Licenses Granted. May 7, 1908. p. 5309.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Will Rogers, Steven K. Gragert, M. Jane Johansson (1996). The Papers of Will Rogers: From vaudeville to Broadway : September 1908-August 1915. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780806133157.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Bloom, Ken (1996). "Gay New York". American Song: A-S. Schirmer Books. ISBN 9780028645735.