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- ↑ Gurda, John. "North Milwaukee No More: Former Industrial Suburb Blends into North Side" in, Cream City Chronicles, Stories of Milwaukee's Past Volume 4 Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 2007; pp. 167-169.
- ↑ Doos, Wilhelm. summary of "Family Aid Society of Milwaukee of the Volga Deutsche Bund", a Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University Presented Paper presented at the 2012 American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Annual Convention, 14-17 June 2012, Portland, Oregon
- ↑ City of North Milwaukee Records
- ↑ "Villard Avenue Library" Northwest Side Community Development Corporation website
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