Aerial of Golden Gate
Showing early construction work on Golden Gate Bridge
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Alcatraz
West Road, 'Road Tower' guard tower, and SF skyline from recreation yard wall. Taken during press tour prior to arrival of first prison train.
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Bay Bridge construction
[3-23-34 Pier 5 2-675] View east from the Bay toward Yerba Buena Island at beginning of construction.
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Bay Bridge construction
[8-13-34 Pier 5 2-981] View east to Ferryboat Santa Clara passing Yerba Buena Island on left. US Navy airship U.S.S. Macon (ZRS-5) above. The ship was commissioned in June, 1933 and arrived at Naval Air Station Sunnyvale (now Moffett Field) in October, 1933. It was destroyed in a crash off Point Sur, California in February, 1935.
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Bay Bridge Construction
Caisson for Bay Bridge Foundation. Ferryboat Berkeley
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Bay Bridge Construction
Caisson for Bay Bridge Foundation. San Francisco skyline in background
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Tiburon
Prisoner train from US Penitentiary Atlanta being loaded onto a barge at Tiburon for transport to Alcatraz Island.
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Tiburon
Prisoners from US Penitentiary Atlanta departing Tiburon enroute to Alcatraz in railroad cars on barge. Angel Island in background.
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Alcatraz
Main Prison Building and recreation yard.
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Tiburon
Prison train barge carrying federal prisoners bound for Alcatraz backing out of Tiburon Ferry Terminal, Angel Island in background.
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Alcatraz Island
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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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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Alcatraz
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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Alcatraz
Federal prisoners from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary disembarking from train cars at Alcatraz. Cars were loaded onto barge in Tiburon, Marin County. 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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Tiburon
Crowd of people along Tiburon shoreline awaiting prison train from US Penitentiary Atlanta en route to Alcatraz Island.
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Alcatraz
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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Alcatraz
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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Alcatraz
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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Alcatraz Island
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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Alcatraz
Prisoners from US Penitentiary Atlanta arriving by train on barge. Prison boat McDowell at right, Red Stack Tug Sea Rover background right
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