Work crew coming in and going through electric search
Date
[1930-1940?]
Summary
Convicts with arms crossed at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pass through the interior "electric eye gate". Spindle balustrade flanks the mechanism.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 28 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940; Colorado State Penitentiary.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
W. K. Patterson Mss. Collection
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710017713
Notes
Formerly F43494.; Photoprint is of halftone reproduction; fold-crack in original is reproduced in photoprint.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint; also: 37; sticker reading 2.2.34.; R7100177133
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