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2009-08-09 75th Anniversary of Alcatraz Penitentiary(20 images)
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  • Former inmates, guards, staff and their guests await a boat that will take them Alcatraz for the 75th anniversary of the opening of the federal prison...Only a handful of former guards and prisoners survive. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Aboard the boat to Alcatraz on the 75th anniversary of the opening of the federal prison. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • A seagull alights from Alcatraz Island n the 75th anniversary of the opening of the federal penitentary there. Named "La Isla de los Alcatraces," or "Island of the Pelicans" by Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, Alcatraz Island now serves as a sanctuary for seabirds. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Aboard the boat to Alcatraz on the 75th anniversary of the opening of the federal prison. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • A seagull stands sentry on the 75th anniversary of the opening of Alcatraz prison. Named "La Isla de los Alcatraces," or "Island of the Pelicans" by Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, Alcatraz Island now serves as a sanctuary for seabirds. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Former prison guard Bill Long was on duty at Alcatraz Federal Penitentary during the infamous June 11, 1962 escape attempt in which Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin successfully escaped from the island by chipping away at their concrete cell walls and escaping in a makeshift raft made of stolen raincoats. The escapees disguised their handiwork with false walls, and delayed discovery of their escape by placing papier-mâché dummies in their beds...Bill Long discovered the plot when he sought to rouse one of the escapees for a head count, only to be startled when one of the papier-mâché heads detached and rolled off the pillow...It is unknown whether the escapees survived. Only a handful of former guards and inmates do. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • A prison cell at Alcatraz By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Former inmates, guards, staff and their guests tour Alcatraz on the 75th anniversary of the opening of the federal prison. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Patrick Mahoney was a prison guard at Alcatraz from 1956-63 and captained the boat that took the last inmate off Alcatraz Island in 1963. ..Mr. Mahoney also served as an interrogator with the 3rd Division Interrogation Group on the Korean front line in 1951-52. He interrogated primarily Chinese soldiers, who he says "never lied" after the learned they would be treated humanely by their American captors. Mr. Mahoney, whose sons are full-bird colonels in the Army, said that he is infuriated by the harsh interrogation techniques recently employed by the United States, and stated that when he was at Alcatraz, he would threaten guards with predilections toward physically abusing prisoners. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Patrick Mahoney was a prison guard at Alcatraz from 1956-63 and captained the boat that took the last inmate off Alcatraz Island in 1963. ..Mr. Mahoney also served as an interrogator with the 3rd Division Interrogation Group on the Korean front line in 1951-52. He interrogated primarily Chinese soldiers, who he says "never lied" after the learned they would be treated humanely by their American captors. Mr. Mahoney, whose sons are full-bird colonels in the Army, said that he is infuriated by the harsh interrogation techniques recently employed by the United States, and stated that when he was at Alcatraz, he would threaten guards with predilections toward physically abusing prisoners...Only a handful of former guards and prisoners survive. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Jim Albright, seen on the 75th anniversary of the opening of Alcatraz Federal Penitentary and the 50th anniversary of the beginning of his tenure there, "loved the mystique" of working as a guard at Alcatraz, which he happily exploited on days off in San Francisco. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Alcatraz is the only former federal penitentiary open to the public. Between one and four million tourists that visit the former prison each year. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Alcatraz is the only former federal penitentiary open to the public. Between one and four million tourists that visit the former prison each year. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Alcatraz is the only former federal penitentiary open to the public. Between one and four million tourists that visit the former prison each year. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Alcatraz is the only former federal penitentiary open to the public. Between one and four million tourists that visit the former prison each year. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Alcatraz is the only former federal penitentiary open to the public. Between one and four million tourists that visit the former prison each year. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Alcatraz is the only former federal penitentiary open to the public. Between one and four million tourists that visit the former prison each year. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Alcatraz is the only former federal penitentiary open to the public. Between one and four million tourists that visit the former prison each year. By photographer Geoffrey King
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  • Alcatraz is the only former federal penitentiary open to the public. Between one and four million tourists that visit the former prison each year. By photographer Geoffrey King
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