SF Public Library -- Historical Photographs

Photo Id#	AAC-9478
Title	[Alcatraz Prison warden James A. Johnston and James V. Bennett, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, examining the implement used by Alcatraz convict Paul Bernard Coy to pry bars open in a failed escape attempt] [graphic].
Date	1946 May 6.
Description	1 photographic print: b&w.
Location	Folder: S.F. Islands-Alcatraz-Prison Breaks-May, 1946.
Reproduction Rights	Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Notes	Newscopy: "'SPREADER' EXAMINED--Warden James A. Johnston of Alcatraz Prison (left) and James V. Bennett, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, examine the implement used by Paul Bernard Coy to pry bars apart. The tool, made by Coy, consisted mostly of pipe couplings. Coy also used pliers, with which he struck a guard in his futile bid for freedom.".
	"Acme Newspictures Inc."
Subject	San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
	Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
	Prison escapes -- California -- Alcatraz Island.
	United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California.
Series	San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Source	Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Collection Name	Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)