Lake Mead

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CreatorDavid Swing, (1864-1945)Browse TopicArt and Creative WorksLand, Environment, and Natural ResourcesSubjectSwing, David Carrick (1864-1945)Lake Mead (Ariz. and Nev.)DescriptionLake Mead is one of the 15 murals painted by David Swing for the Arizona State exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition, held at San Francisco, California in 1939. Lake Mead was originally dry land and had been occupied by prehistoric cultures. Lake Mead is a reservoir for the water from Hoover Dam, which was completed in 1935. At the time of this painting, Lake Mead was only a couple years old and was still filling with water from the dam.Date Original1937-1939Date Range1930s (1930-1939)TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatPaintings (visual works)Contributing InstitutionArizona Capitol MuseumCollectionDavid Swing Painting Collection at the Arizona Capitol MuseumRights StatementIn Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Copyright and/or publication rights for all images in this collection are retained by this institution. Contact the Arizona Capitol Museum at 602-926-3620 or http://www.azlibrary.gov/museum for further information.

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Geographic FeatureLake Mead National Recreation AreaCountyMohave CountyStateArizonaCountryUnited States

PlaceLake Mead National Recreation Area

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IdentifierEDITSwingLakeMead112.jpgOCLC Number893228562Date Digitized2010-12-12Digital FormatJPEG

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Lake Mead

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