Call NumberX-2496Date1885-1895SummaryStone buildings with extruded joints, metal roofs, and arched, barred windows flank the dirt street in the midway area of the State Penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado. Men in striped pants are by a guard house atop the cell block in the background, another leans in a doorway in the foreground by a full gunnysack and clothes hanging on the wall. A man with a cane is in a uniform and pith helmet; trash cans, power poles and a hanging street lamp line the sidewalk.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCanon City (Colo.)Prisons--Colorado--Canon CityColorado State Penitentiary.Geographic AreaCanon City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710002496Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsNotesFormerly F30041. Title hand-written on back of photoprint; sources differ on date. R7100024966
Inside prison looking north (1885-1895). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1024599
