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- ↑ "Queen City Drug Company". The Charlotte Observer. November 13, 1892. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Greenwood, Janette Thomas (February 1, 2001). Bittersweet Legacy: The Black and White Better Classes in Charlotte, 1850-1910. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807849569 – via Google Books.
- ↑ http://rhdc.org/sites/default/files/DrMTPopeHouseRHL.pdf pdf page 30
- 1 2 "1920s Drugstore Gallery Cart | NC Museum of History". www.ncmuseumofhistory.org.
- ↑ "Williams, John Taylor | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.