Call NumberX-17871Date1934SummaryPrisoners at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose by metalworking machinery, wearing coveralls. Inmates (one Black) are by a worktable fronting an interior office with windows. Electric and water conduits, lights, and a gas heater are on the walls and ceiling. A barred window in the painted stone wall opens to the outside.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 15 x 23 cm (6 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCanon City (Colo.)Metalwork--Colorado--Canon CityPrisoners--Colorado--Canon CityColorado State Penitentiary.Geographic AreaCanon City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710017871Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromW. K. Patterson Mss. CollectionNotesFormerly F43540. Photoprint has scalloped edges. Photoprint is cropped, negative shows title written on original and power boxes on the left. Title hand-written on original. Typed on back of photoprint: (?)y Pen licence plate factory 1934. R7100178715
Lathe and drill press in tag plant (1934). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 08/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1026073
