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- ↑ "Zukor's Women's Clothing Store". Sacramento Rooms Digital Collections. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ↑ "Zukor's to Open New Dress Shop". Los Angeles Times. February 21, 1931. p. 20.
- ↑ "Then and Now: Bernards and Zukor's". The Spokesman-Review. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ↑ "Zukor's Women's Apparel Store Will Open Saturday". The Fresno Bee. August 20, 1936. p. 5.