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- ↑ "Burial Locator". Crown Hill Cemetery. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ↑ Greiff, Glory-June (2005). Remembrance, Faith & Fancy: Outdoor Public Sculpture in Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press. p. 180. ISBN 0871951800.
- 1 2 Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1994). "Hildebrand Monument (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 26 April 2010.