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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
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This online exhibit features objects from the museum collection from Alcatraz Island. It features photographs and archived objects from when Alcatraz was a U.S. Army fort and military prison (1859 -1934), a federal penitentiary (1934 –1963), and items from the American Indian occupation (1969–1971) by Indians of All Tribes.  It also includes slide shows, sound clips, and close-ups of nortorious inmates. More...
Military prison under construction on Alcatraz.  

Did You Know?
In 1909 the U.S. Army began construction on the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world - a new military prison necessary because of a large influx of U.S. soldiers convicted of crimes in the Philippines. This building would become the famous U.S. Penitentiary Alcatraz in 1934.

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Last Updated: September 27, 2007 at 21:50 EST