On 22 May 2010, I posted about a cable car in San Francisco. This is another magnet collectibles I also bought from the same souvenir shop at Pier 39 San Francisco during my 7 days trip to LA-Las Vegus-San Francisco in May 2009.
Alcatraz Island is an island located in the San Francisco Bay, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) offshore from San Francisco, California. Often referred to as The Rock. Alcatraz was used as a federal maximum-security prison from 1934 until 1963, when it was closed due to high costs and security issues. Over the years it was home to Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelley, and Robert "The Birdman" Stroud.
Later, in 1972, Alcatraz became a national recreation area and received landmarking designations in 1976 and 1986.
This magnet represents a prisoner trying to escape 'The Rock" which during its 29 years of operation, the penitentiary claimed no prisoners had ever successfully escaped.
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