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- ↑ "The Squab Farm Broadway @ Bijou Theatre - Tickets and Discounts".
- 1 2 Bankhead, Tallulah (1952) Tallulah: My Autobiography. Harper and Brothers. pg. 62
- ↑ "Movie Local Color in 'The Squab Farm'". The New York Times, May 14, 1918; pg. 11
- ↑ Westover, Jonas (October 4, 2016). The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows: The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-021925-3 – via Google Books.
