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- ↑ "Leonard Lopp (1888 - 1974)". Hockaday Museum of Art. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ↑ "Leonard Lopp" . The Daily Inter Lake. Kalispell, Montana. December 5, 1974. p. 12. Retrieved February 8, 2019– via Newspapers.com.