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    • Pressing the search for James B. Sherbondy

    • Pressing the search for James B. Sherbondy

    • Responding to the 1947 break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, National Guardsmen surround a 1930's hardtop sedan. They wear helmets, double-breasted top coats, and carry automatic and semi- automatic machine guns. Snow covers...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Militias--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1947
    • Colorado Penitentiary interior buildings

    • Colorado Penitentiary interior buildings

    • Convicts work at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, in a hole near buildings destroyed during the riots of 1929. Rubble, a wheelbarrow, and lumber are in the area. The stone walled City Ditch is in the foreground.

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1930
    • West High School Student Demonstration

    • West High School Student Demonstration

    • View of Latino students from West Denver High School during their "walk-out" in March 1969.

    • West High School (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; West Denver High School--People--1960-1970.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver Public Schools--People--1960-1970.

    • 1969 March 20
    • R. R. war in front of Strong mine

    • R. R. war in front of Strong mine

    • View of the district yards for the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows rail cars toppled on the tracks probably during a price war between the F. & C. C. R. and the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek...

    • Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--Riots & demonstrations--1900-1910.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--Riots & demonstrations--1900-1910.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...

    • [between 1900 and 1910]
    • Indians, Denver

    • Indians, Denver

    • Three Native American men stand in a circle and beat a drum on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. They are protesting a bill which would allow only resident Indians free tuition at Fort Lewis College. Supporters...

    • Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Riots & demonstrations--1970-1980.; Fort Lewis College--Riots & demonstrations--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...

    • April 24, 1971
    • Colorado pen riots corridor where convicts committed suicide

    • Colorado pen riots corridor where convicts committed suicide

    • Interior, bracketed metal and pipe railed balconies top cells at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Iron gates are in the brick wall; one in the foreground is open. A writing slate hangs inside the cell, and the facing floor is strewn...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • Colorado Penitentiary buildings interior riots

    • Colorado Penitentiary buildings interior riots

    • Debris covers wooden tables after the 1929 riot at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A guard poses in a top coat and conductor's cap with fire damaged interior stone walls behind him.

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • East Denver High School Annual: 1911

    • East Denver High School Annual: 1911

    • 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.

    • East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.

    • 1911
    • Victor riot scene

    • Victor riot scene

    • A crowd of people in Victor watch uniformed National Guardsman and striking miners in the street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men point rifles toward people on 4th (Fourth) Street and Victor Avenue. Shows brick commercial buildings, the...

    • Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militias--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...

    • 1904 June 6
    • Indian pickets charge Bureau of Indian Affairs with discrimination

    • Indian pickets charge Bureau of Indian Affairs with discrimination

    • Native American men and women walk a picket line to protest perceived discrimination by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Signs read: "Indins [sic] are red, B. I. A. what are you," "Stop persecuting Indians," and, "Give us BIA."

    • United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Denver Area Office.--Riots & demonstrations--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.;...

    • [between 1970 and 1975?]
    • Protesting policies of B. I. A.

    • Protesting policies of B. I. A.

    • Native Americans (Plains) form two lines as they march down a sidewalk in Denver, Colorado, holding flags and pickets to protest perceived discrimination by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. One picket sign reads: "Urban Indians are 'off their duffs'...

    • United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Denver Area Office.--Riots & demonstrations--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.;...

    • 1970 March 22
    • Robert Valenzuela speaks to workers

    • Robert Valenzuela speaks to workers

    • Robert Valenzuela, a Mexican American and Director of the Colorado Migrant Council, gives a speech during a protest in Colorado. Other protesters stand nearby. One man holds a sign that reads: "Colorado Migrant Council Is Unfair Unjust & It Stinks!"

    • Colorado Migrant Council--Riots & demonstrations--1960-1970.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Demonstrations--Colorado--1960-1970.; Migrant agricultural laborers--Colorado--1960-1970.; Public...

    • 1969
    • Penitentiary riot 1929

    • Penitentiary riot 1929

    • Smoke billows from the State Penitentiary, in Canon City, Colorado. This aerial view shows the prison complex, the Arkansas River, and the west part of town. Trees line River Street, and the park between the river and the prison has a round...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • Denver Public Schools demonstration

    • Denver Public Schools demonstration

    • Protesters walk on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street sidewalk by the School Administration building in Denver, Colorado; picket signs read: "Totalism Not Tokenism" and "Racial-Ethnic Balance for All Grade Schools." The St. Francis Hotel is in the...

    • Denver Public Schools--Riots & demonstrations--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Civil rights demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Educational facilities--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...

    • 1969 January 16
    • Aerial view of penitentiary after riot

    • Aerial view of penitentiary after riot

    • Fire gutted structures at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, include the administration building, its flanking cell blocks, and the license plate shop. The City Ditch winds through the prison complex, and prisoners mill in the sunken...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • Administration building after riot

    • Administration building after riot

    • Smoke marks top the stone arched, barred windows of the administration building at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The blind arch in the gable of the two-story structure has the date: 1882, and is flanked by cast flourishes. An...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • Cameramen in action at State Prison (Canon City) during 1939 (sic) riot

    • Cameramen in action at State Prison (Canon City) during 1939 (sic) riot

    • Men stand around a camera on a tripod at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, after the riot of 1929. Others are outside the open door of the stone, one-story shop building. Windows and the adjacent faceted guard tower are broken out. A...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Dubois, Jean.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • Artillery used during prison riot 75 millimeter fielpiece.

    • Artillery used during prison riot 75 millimeter fielpiece.

    • Chained to a flatbed truck at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a wheel-mounted artillery, 75 millimeter field piece from the National Guard firing range in Golden. It was used during the October 3 riot after dynamite failed to...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Artillery (Weaponry)--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • Cell block fire damage from riot

    • Cell block fire damage from riot

    • Interior two-story walls of a cell block at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado have remnants of plaster on the exposed stone. The brick gable and bars in the arched windows are intact; the roof is gone. Smoking debris clutters the...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • Cell block interior after riot

    • Cell block interior after riot

    • Metal balconies and railings front prison cells at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Doors are open; fire damage consists of debris and holes in the roof.

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1929
    • Cell house #3 being razed after 1929 riot

    • Cell house #3 being razed after 1929 riot

    • Black and white convicts work atop ruins of a brick cell block destroyed during the 1929 uprising at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. They hold iron bars and sledge hammers. On the wall below them, porcelain toilet bowls remain...

    • Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.

    • 1932

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