In the prison yard in Canon City, Colorado, garden, lawn, and potted plants flank the City Ditch which enters through a grated arch in the wall. Footbridges cross the canal leading to the Administration Building. Other features include a two-story, gable roofed stone structure with a belfry and barred, arched windows. Carved stone steps have urns on their walls, and are flanked by flowerbeds and white picket fence. A faceted guard tower and a one-story building with an incised pediment reading: "Hose No 2" edge the plaza; a pith helmet tops its entry. Steps from the plaza cut through a wall to a lower level; power poles and an electric lamp dot the area.
Description
1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 x 9 1/2 in.)
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900; Colorado State Penitentiary.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
W. K. Patterson Mss Collection
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710007802
Notes
Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100078020
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