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- ↑ Dusan Ristic-Petrovic. "Image: Miscellaneous Brochures and Data/Autos of 1904 Booklet/Autos of 1904-11". Oldcarbrochures.com. Retrieved 2012-05-31.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904)
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