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- Marching in line
- Convicts march with arms crossed at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The concrete wall next to them has barred windows. The inmates approach cell house #1, a three-story concrete building with barred windows.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1937
- Prison tour
- Men in suits and a uniformed prison guard stand outside of barred cells at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Metal balconies above them have pipe railings and serve more barred cells. Sun comes through the factory windows behind them...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Fairmount Cemetery and mausoleum
- View of the Hoeckel Hutchinson monument, the Bancker gravestone, and a small stone crypt with a barred window at Fairmount Cemetery, 430 S. Quebec Street in the Windsor neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Hoeckel Hutchinson monument consists of a...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Windsor (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Mausoleums.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2005
- Jail at Creede
- View of a one-story, jail in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The jail has stucco finish with cracks, a brick chimney, slightly sloping roof and barred windows. Shows wood framed buildings and the portion of a pipe.
- Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Jails--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Cheyenne Mt. Zoological Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- An adult polar bear named Gregory walks around on a concrete floor, inside a barred cage, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Polar bears--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Zoos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Placerville
- View of what may have served as the jail in Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a concrete building with a false front, double wide wooden door, barred windows, and a star over the entrance.
- Placerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Jails--Colorado--Placerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Silver Plume jail
- The jail in Silver Plume, Colorado has an entrance and one window visible. A sign over the door reads: "Old Town Jail Used From 1875 To 1915, Original Building Please Do Not Deface." The building is constructed of rocks mortared together, is 12 x...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Jails--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.
- June 23, 1966
- SP car
- Prison car 2504, chair car with barred windows. Photographed: El Paso, Tex., May 6, 1934.
- Railroads--Cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1934.; Railroad cars--Texas--El Paso.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1934
- Administration building
- This two-story stone building at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, has arched, barred windows, bracketed eaves, and an ornate lookout tower on its roof. An incised panel over the door reads: "Colorado State Penitentiary," and a pole...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Administration building
- Men ride a horse-drawn wagon in the yard at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The stone Administration Building behind them has barred, arched windows on both floors, and a blind arch in the gable. Power poles, gazebo guard houses,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Canon City death house
- The death house, at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is made of brick and has a stone foundation. A man stands on the catwalk by a faceted stone guard tower on the roof; a frame gazebo is on the ground next to the barred door....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1930
- Cell house #1
- Three-stories of interior pipe railed metal balconies and barred cells converge into the glare of a factory window in Cellhouse 1 at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Skylights in the ceiling flank a catwalk. A porcelain tub, a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cells--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Maximum security
- Maximum security, at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, has a flat roof and barred windows. A catwalk across the top is enclosed by chain-link fence, as is the yard below, with its weightlifting bench. Stone walls are in back. Past the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- No. 1 building called female department
- Number one building, at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, made of rusticated stone has barred sash windows on all three floors. It has bracketed eaves, a downspout, and stone bannisters with finials at the entry. A power pole is in...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1909 and 1920?]
- Old 1915 women's inst.
- This cell-block interior at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is illuminated by windows on both floors of the back wall, with potted plants in the upper ones. Bracketed balconies serve barred doors on the second floor, and steam...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cells--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1915
- Old C block
- Men look at the two-story, rusticated stone walls of the old "C" block at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The windows are boarded over and show smoke damage. A new, concrete cell block adjoins; it has barred windows, turban vents...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1950
- Old entry to prison late 40's
- Chain-link fence edges the parking lot at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado; where 1940's sedans are parked. The stone prison entrance building has barred windows and an American flag on the roof. The hogback is in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [1945 to 1950?]
- Old front entrance closed 1960's
- The three-story entrance building at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is made of rusticated stone with barred sash windows, an open porch serving the first and second floors, and bracketed eaves. Loudspeakers top the porch, and the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1900
- Cell house 3 - gas chamber on top
- Cellhouse 3, at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, made of concrete has barred windows and a flat roof with wide eaves. Centered over the slightly projecting entry, the smaller third floor is topped by a vent pipe; it houses the gas...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1955
- Old female section when it was inside the walls
- Number one building, at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is of rusticated stone with barred sash windows on all three floors. It has bracketed eaves, a downspout, and stone bannisters with finials at the entry, with an open arch...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Cell house 6
- Cell house 6, at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a rough concrete building with barred windows on both floors and electric lights mounted on the flat roof. The entry door is metal, with an open gate.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1939
- Old women's penitentiary
- Chain-link fence on a stone base surrounds the female department at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The two-story stucco structure has a cross-gabled shingle roof, terra-cotta trim and barred, sash windows. The second-floor porch...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1935
- Cell houses #6 and #7
- Five-story concrete cell blocks at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have buttresses and barred windows on all sides. White globed lamps and grated windows flank the entry; incised panels above it and topping the pediment read:...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1939 and 1942?]
- Pre 1910 old administration building
- 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,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Prison Chapel put in with riot 1920
- Two-story stone buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have metal, gable roofs and barred windows. The administration building has extruded joints, belfry, arched windows, and a blind arch in the gable. Men stand around the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Sergeant's desk
- Interior walls of a sergeant's office at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, are hung with a pendulum clock in a wood case, framed schedules, and a safe. A wooden balustrade crosses the foreground, and a man in a trenchcoat standing by...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Offices--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Cell house #2
- The interior of cell house number two at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, has two floors of bracketed balconies, with open, barred doors; each has a number sign at the lock. Cables stretch up from the railings, and a man in a suit...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cells--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1900
- State prison cell blocks
- The interior of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, consists of concrete balconies and barred cells. Men lean on the pipe railings, and a guard in the foreground is in uniform. A bench, bucket, and faucet are behind him, under windows.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Interiors.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- West gate
- Stone walls at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have barred sash windows and a gate with iron fasteners. A frame guard shack with a stovepipe tops the wall; a man looks from the window. A faceted stone tower with sash windows and a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Stone walls--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1900
- Cellhouse #1 built in 1951
- Three-story, concrete buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have barred windows, downspouts, and electric lights topping the pediments. Men sit on the lawn in the corner by a wooden box, and a rough stone wall is in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1951 and 1960?]
- State prison cell blocks
- The interior of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, consists of concrete balconies and barred cells. Men lean on the pipe railings, and a guard in the foreground is in uniform. A bench, bucket, and faucet are behind him, under windows.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Cell houses destroyed 1929 riot
- Three-story, stone buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have barred windows and flat roofs. Cell house number three has a bracketed cornice, number two has a slight pediment, and City Ditch curves between them. Men loiter in...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Colorado State Penitentiary
- State Penitentiary buildings in Canon City, Colorado, are two- stories with bay and barred windows.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920-1929?]
- Completion of bakery 1893
- Rusticated stone buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, include the one-story bakery, with gable roof, barred, sash windows, chimney and corner finials. Incised stone in the gable arch reads: "1893." The adjacent two-story...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1893 and 1895?]
- Hospital
- The hospital at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a two-story rusticated stone building with arched, barred windows, bracketed eaves, chimneys, and a low gabled metal roof. The open porch has stone columns and is topped by a frame...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Inside prison looking north
- Stone buildings with extruded joints, metal roofs, and arched, barred windows flank the dirt street in the midway area of the State Penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado. Men in striped pants are by a guard house atop the cell block in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Int. cell block #6 sergeant's desk, Officer Grey's
- Men in suits and uniforms stand behind an interior wooden desk at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Barred cells above and in the foreground have concrete balconies with pipe railings from the second floor up. A chalked sign hangs on...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Iron pronged fence and wall
- Pointed prongs top this fence at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The sharp tips of the uprights alternately curve out to both sides. A cement wall with barred windows is in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fences--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1937
- Post office, Foxton, Jefferson County, Colorado, August 10, 1971
- The post office in Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado, features: horizontal log walls, a medium gable, vertical board gableboard, square window bays (one of which is barred), and a single leaf door. A sign on the building reads: "Foxton on the...
- Foxton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Post offices--Colorado--Foxton--1970-1980.
- 1971 August 10
- Administration building after riot
- Smoke marks top the stone arched, barred windows of the administration building at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The blind arch in the gable of the two-story structure has the date: 1882, and is flanked by cast flourishes. An...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Ambulance at prison riot
- Parked outside the stone, barred, West Gate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, this four-door hardtop 1920's sedan has signs with crosses in the front and side windows reading: "Ambulance." The keystone in the arched gate reads:...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Ambulances--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Cell block on fire during riot
- Flames engulf a cell block at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Barred windows show the fire inside, and at the second story roof line, more flame emerges from the building. A power pole, lines, and a swamp cooler front the structure....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Colorado penitentiary escapes
- Guards carry a slumping convict (R. L. Freeman, kidnapper) through interior barred gates at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Snow is on their pants, shoes and hats. Men stand in the foreground; one holds a cigar.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Freeman, R. L.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- Hearses waiting for remains at Canon City's state prison : from the riot of 1929
- Hearses and men are outside the West Gate of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, after the riot of 1929. Three guards were killed in battle, and four were held hostage and shot by inmates. Five convicts died; three were killed by Danny...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hearses--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Guards
- Guards pose at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. They wear khaki shirts and (some) dark pants, ties, badges, and soft or straw hats; some carry flashlights. Concrete wall with barred windows and awnings, and cast iron Corinthian...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1937
- Lathe and drill press in tag plant
- Prisoners at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose by metalworking machinery, wearing coveralls. Inmates (one Black) are by a worktable fronting an interior office with windows. Electric and water conduits, lights, and a gas heater...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Metalwork--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- Prison canning factory Round Crest Canning Company
- One and two-story brick buildings of the State Penitentiary canning factory in Canon City, Colorado, have dentiled cornices and barred, gauge arched windows. Lettering reads: "The Round Crest Canning (or "fruit") Co." and "Office." Workers move...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Prison band
- Members of the prisoner's band at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose with drums, trombones, cornets, and trumpets. Their uniforms are white with rectangles across the fronts, and they wear conductor's hats. Stone Prison buildings...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Prisoners contained after riot
- Prisoners at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, look out from behind a gated arch in a rusticated stone, one-story building. Barred windows flank the gate; 55 gallon drums are in the corner by another door. A low stone wall is in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Riot aftermath
- Blood soaks the interior floor of cell house #3 at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Open, barred cell doors are topped by a bracketed, metal balcony. A lever on the wall is for locking the entire row. This is where the mutineers...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929