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Notes
- ↑ City Manager's Report to City. City of Miami. 1926. p. 6.
- ↑ Blackman, E.V. "Miami and Dade County, Florida: Its Settlement, Progress and Achievement". Internet Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ Blackman, E.V. "Miami and Dade County, Florida: Its Settlement, Progress and Achievement". Internet Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ "The Historical Marker Database". HMDB.org. HMDB.
- ↑ "Miami Beach History". City of Miami Beach. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ↑ Eaton, Sarah. "Historic Designation Report" (PDF). City of Miami. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ↑ "Hometown Locator - Lummus Island". Hometown Locator. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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