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Alcatraz Island Jun 22, 1938

North end of island showing industrial buildings. Prison building and recreation yard atop island. Army vessel "General Frank M. Coxe" at left. (The "Coxe" ran between Alcatraz, Angel Island and Fort Mason, carrying passengers and freight, until 1946 when the army shut down Fort McDowell on Angel Island.)
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island

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