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National Park Service Unveils Alcatraz Photos on 50th Anniversary of Closure

Alcatraz's closure, not the park service's

Reason Staff | 3.22.2013 12:20 PM

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The black-and-white photographs show a line of prisoners — some with heads bowed, others with eyes staring forlornly at the camera — as a guard leads them to a boat for their final trip off The Rock.

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