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- ↑ "Minutes of the November 14, 2002 Meeting". San Francisco Museum and Historical Society Advisory Committee. November 14, 2002. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2014.Cite journal requires
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- ↑ Martinfield, Seán (November 21, 2007). "The Old Mint – Breathing New Life Into "The Granite Lady"". San Francisco Sentinel. Retrieved February 23, 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Our Plan". San Francisco Museum at the Mint. San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Nolte, Carl (March 21, 2015). "End of the line for S.F. group trying to restore the Old Mint". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 30, 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Johnson, Lizzie (April 1, 2016). "California Historical Society to take on fixing up the Old Mint". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ↑ Compare the logo on the home page of the San Francisco Historical Society on January 22, 2019 to March 16, 2019, via the Internet Archive
- ↑ Nolte, Carl (October 5, 2019). "S.F.'s newest museum is opening in the city's oldest mint". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Museum". San Francisco Historical Society. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
