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<i>Alcatraz Island (prior to being a federal prison).</i>
Photographer: courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Caption: Alcatraz Island (prior to being a federal prison).
Additional Description: "Alcatraz Island (prior to being a federal prison). Disciplinary barracks for recalcitrant soldiers, U.S. Military Barracks; lighthouse, top; old fort (originally for protection of harbor at time of Civil War); tide gauge, semicircular ornament, left (south side) of island." - Bancroft Library
Submitted: April 13, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p648567
File Size: 0.125 Megabytes

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