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- ↑ "COLLEGE GREEN BUTTONS UP. Oldenburg Piece Gets Split Reaction", by Mary Ellen Crowley, Daily Pennsylvanian , December 3, 1982, p.3.
- ↑ "OLDENBURG SCULPTURES SPICE UP PHILADELPHIA: NOT FAR BY CAR.", by Ann Witmer, Penn Live , July 24, 2014
- ↑ Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/9/81
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