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- ↑ "Polish Arts Club of Chicago". Archives of American Art. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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- ↑ Pula, James (2013), "American Council for Polish Culture", Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia, SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 193–194, retrieved 2019-03-06
- ↑ Laurie Palazzolo (2003). Horn Man: The Polish-American Musician in Twentieth-century Detroit. Wayne State University Press. p. 51. ISBN 0-8143-3193-9.
