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Canon City execution room

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Call Number	X-7863
Title	Canon City execution room
Summary	Levers, switches, and a pulley with a weight and a square can hang outside the gas chamber at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Wood molding frames a slotted window in the wall, and doors flank the apparatus.
Date	[between 1930 and 1940?]
Notes	Formerly F43370.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100078630
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Subject	Gas chambers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940. Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940. Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970. Colorado State Penitentiary.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F43370 DPLW
Filename	10007863.tif