Alcatraz operated as a U.S. penitentiary for nearly 30 years before closing in 1963. Alcatraz Island is in San Francisco Bay.
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Alcatraz operated as a U.S. penitentiary for nearly 30 years before closing in 1963. Alcatraz Island is in San Francisco Bay.
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Tourists walk through the main cell block at Alcatraz Island in March 2013 as the National Park Service marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of the notorious prison.
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Tourists walk through the main cell block at Alcatraz Island in March 2013 as the National Park Service marked the 50th anniversary of the closure of the notorious prison.
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A view of a cell at Alcatraz.
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A view of a cell at Alcatraz.
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Here's a room in the former hospital at Alcatraz Island.
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Here's a room in the former hospital at Alcatraz Island.
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The former warden's house at Alcatraz Island stands in partial ruin. Alcatraz was a military fort before it became a federal penitentiary in 1934.
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The former warden's house at Alcatraz Island stands in partial ruin. Alcatraz was a military fort before it became a federal penitentiary in 1934.
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