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Alcatraz military scrapbook pages.
BANC PIC 2006.067--fALBBANC PIC 2006.067--fALBLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Alcatraz military scrapbook pages
Alcatraz Sentinel

Creator/Contributor:

Hubbell, Henry Wilson, 1842-1917, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912

Abstract:

Contains four photographs of buildings and grounds of Alcatraz Island when it served as a military prison. Also present are views of Fort Winfield Scott, a residential building at Fort Mason (Black Point), other views of San Francisco Bay, and cadets at Union College, New York. Includes many newsclippings, mementos of distinguished visitors, programs, invitations, etc., pertaining to the First Artillery from its 1881 arrival in the San Francisco area, as well as ephemera pertaining to various military matters. Many items refer to officer Henry W. Hubbell, Jr. Also includes page 1 of vol. 1 no. 1 (Nov. 1881) of The Alcatraz Sentinel ("An occasional journal devoted to the interests of the prisoners"), and a printed sheet with the lyrics for "Uncle Sammy's pet", for the Alcatraz Variety Troupe. Material on the final pages relates to general military matters or to Hubbell's assignment to Union College, New York (in late 1883).

Date:

1881-1885 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Soldiers -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
Military prisons -- Photographs
Prisons -- California -- Photographs
Prisons militaires -- Photographies
Prisons -- Californie -- Photographies
Military prisons
Prisons
Soldiers
Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco Bay (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Alcatraz (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
San Francisco, Baie de (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
California
California -- Alcatraz Island
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Pacific Ocean -- San Francisco Bay
United States. -- Army -- Pictorial works
United States. -- Army. -- Artillery Regiment, 1st.
Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California.
Military Prison at Alcatraz Island, California.
United States. -- Army
United States. -- Army. -- Artillery Regiment, 1st

Note:

Compiled by First Lieutenant Henry W. Hubbell, Jr. of the First Artillery. Photographer(s) unknown.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Items dated 1881-1885.
Scrapbook pages on disbound ledger pages. Pages pre-numbered 195-202, 205-218. Extent of original scrapbook unknown.
Albumen photoprints ca. 12 x 20 cm., some cropped.
San Francisco area photographs tentatively attributed, by cataloger, to I.W. Taber.
Presumably compiled by Henry W. Hubbell, Jr. or his wife, Sara Sprague Hubbell.
RESTRICTED COLLECTION: Use only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Application for Access to Restricted Materials form.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Ephemera.
Clippings.
Menus.
Scrapbooks.

Physical Description:

photoprint
11 leaves (ephemera, with 8 photographic prints) ; 35 x 22 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2006.067--fALB
BANC PIC 2006.067--fALBLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED COLLECTION: Use only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Application for Access to Restricted Materials form.