Call NumberX-17867Date1934SummaryRock walls at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, enclose This facility. The backside is an earth embankment with an arch cut into it. Men sit on random drystacked wall, with a ladder below; others work in the enclosure behind them. Adjacent rusticated stone is smoke blackened above an oven door. An ashlar, flat roofed bunker with wooden doors and a false front has a sunken yard fronted by dirt road in the foreground. Shovels, wheelbarrows, and barrels are throughout.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 21 x 28 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCanon City (Colo.)Kilns--Colorado--Canon CityColorado State Penitentiary.Geographic AreaCanon City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710017867Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromW. K. Patterson Mss. CollectionNotesHand-written on back of photoprint: no slide prison. Title hand-written original and reproduced in photoprint. R7100178676
