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- ↑ 100 Years of the American Auto Millennium Edition, Copyright 1999 Publications International, Ltd.
- ↑ "Victor Steam Carriage, Overman Wheel Company, & Overman Automobile Company". www.virtualsteamcarmuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ↑ Georgano, G. N., Encyclopedia of American Automobiles, (New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1968), p. 147.
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