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Title: [Unidentified guard operating the "snitch box" at the registration desk on Alcatraz]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956 Mar. 14
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-Snitch Box.
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
On back: "SXP-031414; SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU. SNITCH BOX IN OPERATION - ALCATRAZ PRISON, CALIF: An unidentified guard operates the 'snitch box' at the registration desk at Alcatraz prison here. All visitors must get past the electronic metal detector. Pockets are emptied of all metal belongings and will be reclaimed upon leaving the island. (TO GO WITH DISPATCH BY WILEY MALONEY FOR RELEASE 7PM EST FRIDAY MARCH 16). SEE SXP 031411 and SXP 031410. UNITED PRESS PHOTO; LIST AD, TRANS IL; 3/14/56".
Negative #10383
Type: image
Extent: 1 photographic print:
Subject: Islands--Alcatraz--Prison--Snitch Box
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs

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