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 floor; a man in the foreground looks on.
Date
1929
Notes
Date hand-written on back of photoprint: O 4, 1929; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7100178896
Description
1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
