AAC-9536

[Alcatraz Prison guard ordering a boat, carrying members of the press, away from the island during a three day riot]

1946 May 3

Still image

1 photographic print: b&w.

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Folder: S.F. Islands-Alcatraz-Prison Breaks-May, 1946.
On back: "ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM SAN FRANCISCO. CAUTION: USE CREDIT. GUARD ORDERS PRESS AWAY FROM ALCATRAZ - An Alcatraz prison guard (hand extended, right) orders a Navy cutter carrying newspaper men, photographers and a Marine Corps press officer away from the landing. The press party sought to land on the island where rioting convicts, cornered in a cell block were trapped May 3, were resisting attempts to subdue them. The newsmen did NOT land. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FX ACext CX5 &NYneg echo 5-3-46 stf-jbr".
"Associated Press Photo."

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