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- ↑ KATRINE BARBER AND ELIZA ELKINS JONES. ""The Utmost Human Consequence" Art and Peace on the Oregon Coast, 1942–1946". Oregon Historical Quarterly. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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