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Alcatraz Pictures

Photo Tour of Alcatraz Island

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These Alcatraz pictures are here for your enjoyment, to check out what it looks like before you go - or to remember your visit afterward. You can request a reprint, but we don't sell posters. If you want to buy an inexpensive Alcatraz poster, check out AllPosters.com
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Can you figure out what's wrong with this picture?Alcatraz ViewPrisoners weren't the only ones living on Alcatraz, you know.Barracks ApartmentsYou may be surprised to see who's parading there now...Parade GroundA classic two-level viewCell Block
How would you like to spend 20 hours a day here?Prisoner CellsIt's hard to believe that this fooled the guards, isn't it?Escape DummyFind out what prisoner Clarence Young claimed these cells made him doSolitary ConfinementDon't let the sunny view fool you...Exercise Yard
Which was here first, the lighthouse or the prison?Alcatraz Lighthouse17 rooms, all viewsWarden's HouseIt's hard to know whether this view was a torture or a treatCity ViewAnybody home?Guard Tower

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