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Alcatraz Aug 22, 1934

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.
Photographer Unknown (Examiner Negative Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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