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 intact. With his doberman pincer dogs Bo and Bess, Warden Best and another man stand on a foundation near loose bricks.
Date
1932
Notes
Title hand-written on back of photoprint; also "Warden Best with guard dogs."; R7100179143
Description
1 photoprint ; 21 x 28 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
Source
Source: W. K. Patterson Mss. Collection
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
