John Major Young was not executed & "not yet made good"
Date
1966
Summary
John Major Young, Black, handcuffed, and in a white suit jacket, passes through an interior door at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Men follow him and a guard holds the door in the foreground. Convicted of killing service station operator Allen I. Berg in 1965, Young was paroled in 1976.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 28 x 21 cm. (10 x 8 in.)
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970; Young, John Major; 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: ZZR710017723
Notes
Formerly F43503.; Photoprint is cropped; photonegative shows tacks and part of a photograph of the the gas chamber.; Title typed and hand-written on back of photoprint; typed on back: "Deputy Leo Murry - Undersheriff Doyle - McCannon (holding door) - Colo spgs conviction of murder 1st "Death - 1966 July 9, a.m. 8:56."; R7100177230
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