Alcatraz Island
View east to northwest end of island. Left to right: Industrial buildings, powerhouse smokestack, "Hill Tower" guard tower and catwalks, recreation yard wall, prison building, "Road Tower" guard tower.
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Alcatraz Island.
Inspection party prior to opening U.S. Penitentiary. Left to right coming down steps, S.F. Police Chief William Quinn, Mayor Angelo Rossi, U.S. Attorney General Homer Cummings, Warden James A. Johnston, in front of Administration Building
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Model Industries Building at north end of island, viewed from the bay. Building housed workshops for various prison industries. (Small structure in shadows at left was a foghorn building.)
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Prisoners descending stairways from recreation yard to industrial buildings on west side of island.
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Inspection party prior to opening U.S. Penitentiary. Left to Right Warden James A. Johnston (pointing), U.S. Attorney General Homer Cummings, Mayor Angelo Rossi (pointing), in front of Administration Building.
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Inspection party prior to opening U.S. Penitentiary. U.S. Attorney General Homer Cummings and Warden James A. Johnston Inspecting the guard staff in front of administration building.
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Railroad train cars carrying prisoners from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary arriving by barge at the Alcatraz dock. Red Stack tug Sea Rover alongside barge. 53 federal prisoners, including Al Capone, were on this train.
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Railroad train cars carrying prisoners from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary arriving by barge at the Alcatraz dock. Red Stack tug Sea Rover alongside barge. 53 federal prisoners, including Al Capone, were on this train. Prison boat McDowell in foreground.
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Prisoners from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary being transported in train cars to Alcatraz Island via railroad car ferry. Cars were loaded onto a barge in Tiburon, Marin County. North tower of Golden Gate Bridge in background right, Coast Guard Cutter 'Daphne,' WPC-106, in foreground as escort.
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Train carrying prisoners from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary at Alcatraz dock. Train cars were loaded onto barge in Tiburon, Marin County for transport to island. Prison boat McDowell in foreground, Red Stack tug Sea Rover alongside barge. (53 prisoners, including Al Capone, were on this train.)
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Railroad train cars carrying prisoners from Atlanta Penitentiary arriving by barge at the Alcatraz dock. Red Stack tug Sea Rover alongside barge.
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Federal prisoners from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary arriving by rail cars at Alcatraz dock. Red Stack tug Sea Rover alongside barge. 53 prisoners, including Al Capone, were on the train. Alcatraz Prison launch General McDowell in foreground.
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Railroad train cars carrying prisoners from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary arriving by barge at the Alcatraz dock. Red Stack tug Sea Rover alongside barge. 53 federal prisoners, including Al Capone, were on this train.
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Coast Guard Cutter 'Daphne,' WPC-106, patrolling off south end of island during arrival of prison train from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. 53 prisoners, including Al Capone, were on the train which was brought by barge from Tiburon.
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West Road and 'Road Tower' guard tower on Alcatraz, with SF Skyline in distance. Taken from recreation yard wall catwalk during press tour prior to arrival of first prison train.
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