Irrigation

Descriptive

CreatorAlonzo (Lon) Megargee, 1883-1965Browse TopicArt and Creative WorksSociety and CultureSubjectMegargee, LonArt, American--Arizona--20th century.DescriptionIrrigation is one of fifteen murals painted by Lon Megargee for the Arizona State Capitol from 1913 to 1914. In a 1913 letter to Governor Hunt, Megargee describes the painting as having "a young girl draped pouring water from an Indian jar onto the soil." Because of this irrigation, alfalfa and other greenery spread into the distance against a background of Granite Reef Mountain.Date Original1913Date Range1910s (1910-1919)TypeStill ImageOriginal FormatPaintings (visual works)Contributing InstitutionArizona Capitol MuseumCollectionLon Megargee PaintingsRights 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.

Geographic

City or TownSalt River Pima-Maricopa Indian CommunityCountyMaricopa CountyStateArizonaCountryUnited StatesGeoNames URIhttp://sws.geonmes.org/5313271

PlaceSalt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

Administrative

IdentifierIrrigation.jpgDate Digitized2010-12-16Digital FormatJPEGDigitizing InstitutionArizona Capitol Museum

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