Rocky hills in the background provide stone for the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A stone shed in the foreground has frame doors, windows, and a stovepipe. A half-buried bunker is under construction, and men work on a road base with shovels and wheelbarrows.
Description
1 photoprint ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Type of Material
Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Subject
Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
W. K. Patterson Mss. Coll.
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: ZZR710007761
Notes
Title hand-written on original and reproduced in photoprint.; R7100077618
Filename
10007761.tif
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