Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Postcard: California: San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz

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Postcard: California: San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz

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Item Information

Title Postcard: California: San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz
Publisher Stanley A. Piltz
Date 1936
Time Period 20th century
Description Postcard featuring an illustration of Alcatraz Island, Federal Prison, San Francisco Bay, California. Caption: "Standing close to the entrance of San Francisco Bay is Alcatraz Island, recently established as a Federal Prison by the Government. The island is about 20 acres in extent and completely isolated by water. It is surmounted by one of the most powerful lights on the Pacific Coast standing 214 feet above mean high water and acts as a guide for ships entering the Golden Gate."
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 postcard
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the Prison Postcards collection
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
Duplication Policy http://www.library.kent.edu/special-collections-and-archives/duplication-policy
DPLA Rights Statement http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Format of Original postcard
Subject Jails, Prisons
Provenance Prison Postcards collection
Genre/Format postcards
Geographical Location United States. California

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