Warden Roy Best is surrounded by law officers holding rifles, and reporters, at the State Penitentiary, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado, during filming of the movie "Canon City." One newsman writes in a notepad; another holds a microphone with letters: "KRLN." Mugshots tacked to a board in the background are of escapees Sherbondy and gang.
Date
1948
Notes
Formerly F43482.; Inked on original photoprint and reproduced in negative: "625- 46."; Title typed on negative envelope.; R7100150238
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 15 cm. on sheet 14 x 22 cm. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Best, Roy.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
Source
Source: Wayne K. Patterson mss. collection, 1985.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
