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| Keywords: A piece of a most unusual levee along the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado LCCN2015632342.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes 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 The fish art was the first image to appear after its creator or creators worked clandestinely one night At first the fish and all the art that followed were detested by many as defacing 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 ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; 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/2015632342 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/32300/32327a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 32327 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 32327 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 | ||||