Call NumberZ-6641Date1934 June 29SummaryInterior view of the workshop where Colorado license plates are manufactured at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Men sit and stand near two large machines identified as a rimmer press and an embosser press. The men wear striped jumpsuits; one man wears a visor, another wears a hat. A prison employee in slacks, a shirt and a tie stands nearby. License plates are stacked on the floor. Letters embossed on a machine read: "[N]iagara," "[Ni]agara Machine and Tool Wor[ks] Buffalo, N.Y. U.S.A. no. 58."Physical Description1 photographic print ; 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectColorado State PenitentiaryCanon City (Colo.)License plates--ColoradoMachine shops--Colorado--Canon CityPrisoner laborers--Colorado--Canon CityGeographic AreaCanon City (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711006641Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromW.K. Patterson mss. collection.Original Material Found in CollectionWH1153. Wayne K. Patterson papersNotesModern copy contact print transferred from the W.K. Patterson mss. collection. Penciled on verso: "License tag plant."; Title inked on original and reproduced in photographic print. R7110066415
