Call NumberX-2453CreatorBelles, Howard W.Date1965SummaryThis aerial view shows the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colorado, flooding the farm of the Colorado State Penitentiary. Past the sandbars and braiding, low sandstone bluffs have erosion with vertical ridging. Foothills are in the background.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 21 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectArkansas RiverCanon City (Colo.)Floods--Colorado--Canon CityGeographic AreaCanon City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710002453Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromW. K. Patterson Mss. collectionNotesTitle hand-written on back of photoprint; photographer stamp on back. R7100024534
Belles, Howard W., Arkansas River 1965 flood of prison farm (1965). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 10/12/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1023731
