[Rufus Franklin, Alcatraz convict involved in the prison riot of May, 1946]

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Local identifier: AAC-9550
Title: [Rufus Franklin, Alcatraz convict involved in the prison riot of May, 1946]
Date: 1946 May 6
Issuance: monographic
Associated Group: Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Note: Folder: S.F. Islands-Alcatraz-Prison Breaks-May, 1946.
On front: "NY479-5/6-Rufus (Whitey) Franklin, serving life term & in isolation ward at Alcatraz Island federal prison for killing a guard in attempted escape in 1936, is described as 'brains' behind break effort which ended in death for 3 convicts, 2 guards. Franklin possessed knowledge of prison. ACME FILE".
"Acme."
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California
Subject Name: United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California
Keywords: Prison escapes
Bibliographic Number: .b10244013
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:139398