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Alcatraz Aug 22, 1934

Federal prisoners from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary disembarking from train cars at Alcatraz. Cars were loaded onto barge in Tiburon, Marin County. Prison launch "General McDowell" in foreground, Red Stack tug "Sea Rover" alongside barge. (53 prisoners, including Al Capone, were on this train.)
Photographer Unknown (Examiner Negative Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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