AAC-9310

[Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary]

1938-01-13

Still image

1 photographic print: b&w.

All requests for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Folder: S.F. Islands-Alcatraz-Prison.
Newscopy: "Grim Alcatraz prison was the scene of a fourth attempted break today as Arthur ('Doc') Barker, notorious Karpis gangster, and four companions made an unsuccessful bid for freedom. Sawing their way out of their cells and a barred window, the five desperate prisoners fled to the northeast corner of the island, where they were trapped by guards and gunfire."

brn: .b10241620

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