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In The Wild Wild West (1960's TV series) episode, "The Night of the Pelican", Secret Service agent James West goes undercover as a prisoner to Alcatraz; The island location of the Duel Tower in the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! was inspired by Alcatraz Island, [citation needed] and is called "Alcatraz" in the Japanese-language version [citation needed]
Alcatraz Library was located at the end of D-Block. Upon entering Alcatraz, every inmate was given a library card and a catalog of books found in the library. Inmates could place orders by putting a slip with their card in a box at the entrance to the dining hall before breakfast, and the books would be delivered to and from their cell by a ...
The Occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long occupation by 89 American Indians and their supporters of Alcatraz Island and its prison complex, classified as abandoned surplus federal land. [1]
The J.J. Uplinger store. That’s apparently Jacob J. Uplinger (1853-1938) standing outside his general store at 10 N. Main St. in Munroe Falls.
Alcatraz Island (/ ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. [1] The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison.
It is located adjacent to Ross Correctional Institution and Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. The prison is a former military camp, named for Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman . It later became a federal penitentiary and has housed several high-profile prisoners including Charles Manson in 1952, [ 2 ] bootlegger and future ...
Also known as The Rock, was a maximum security prison located on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. Now a tourist attraction, the prison operated from 1934 to 1963 and housed some of ...
The Alcatraz recreation yard. In 1936, the previously dirt-covered yard was paved. [6] The yard was part of the most violent escape attempt from Alcatraz in May 1946 when a group of inmates hatched a plot to obtain the key into the recreation yard, kill the tower guards, take hostages, and use them as shields to reach the dock. [7]