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- ↑ Gillette, Howard (1995). Between Justice and Beauty. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 136–148. ISBN 0-8018-5069-X.
- ↑ Southwest Housing, the Washington Post, Dec. 7, 1952.
- ↑ John Ihlder Manuscript Collection [ permanent dead link ]
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