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| View Original: | Kayaker Daniel Rottinghaus gets some late-afternoon exercise in the rapids of the Arkansas River, in front of a most unusual levee in Pueblo, Colorado LCCN2015632728.tif.tiff (7360x4912) | |||
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| Keywords: Kayaker Daniel Rottinghaus gets some late-afternoon exercise in the rapids of the Arkansas River, in front of a most unusual levee in Pueblo, Colorado LCCN2015632728.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; The long and eclectic mural on the levee walls first appeared as whimsical graffiti in the 1970s and is said to be the longest if not the most artistic in the world It all began with the appearance one morning of the drawing of a fish created clandestinely overnight At first the fish and all the art that followed were detested by many as a debasement of public property but the art grew on the community and was soon promoted as something special and worth preserving In 2015 the city began to remove the murals not because of artistic sensibilities but because of repairs to the levee It promised to allow new murals to appear once the repairs were completed ; Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 ; Mural artists names not given ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015632728 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/32700/32713a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 32713 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 32713 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Arkansas River at Pueblo Colorado Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||