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.
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.
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: ZZR710017914
Notes
Title hand-written on back of photoprint; also "Warden Best with guard dogs."; R7100179143
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