Image / [Two tiers of open cells of Alcatraz Island prisons "D" block]

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Title: [Two tiers of open cells of Alcatraz Island prisons "D" block]
Date Created and/or Issued: ca.1940
Contributing Institution: San Francisco Public Library
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Description: Folder: S.F. Islands-Alcatraz-Prison-Cell Blocks.
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
On back: "Shows several of the cells on the ground floor and some on the second tier with the doors open. This photograph also was taken before we moved the beds and other articles into the cells.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photographic print:
Subject: Islands--Alcatraz--Prison--Cell Blocks
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs

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