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Cañon City Colorado State Prison

Double Takes - Made Me Look - Again!

Submitted by R Metz on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 12:09pm
Convicts Marching in Lockstep - 1900? ~ X-7798
A. H. Davis - mugshot - X-17714
Werner Schwarzmiller, recaptured after an escape attempt, 1947 X-17923
Cell Block #1, Colorado State Penitentiary X-7864
Damage after the 1929 riot and fire X-17890
Demonstrating the Gas Chamber X-17720
Visiting Time in Prison X-7781
Female convict and pet bird X-17719
The "Old Gray Mare" - convict recieving swats with a wet paddle X-17932
George Levy, Prison Psychiatrist X-17933

"And I turned 21 in prison, doin' life without parole..."

Our collection includes some 340 photographs taken at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Cañon City, Colorado - and talk about "double takes," the human drama imparted by these ima

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