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- 1 2 County, Thrive Allen (September 17, 2017). "A Tour of Thrive's New Home".
- 1 2 https://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/AllenCo_KressBuilding_LISTED_09272022.pdf
- ↑ "National and State Registers of Historic Places - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org.
- ↑ "Kress Grand Opening". The Iola Register. November 13, 1908. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Kress Department Store, Iola, Kansas - Kansas Memory". www.kansasmemory.org.
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