February 1947 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 188, [141137-141151] . 325 negatives (estimate)
San Quentin prison (prison break, strike and riot, X-ray device, etc.) [14137-14138, 33 negatives]
Prison Break (Escape) -- California State Prison at San Quentin (February 03, 1947) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 188, [141137.01] . 7 negatives
Warden Clinton Duffy looking under old industrial building where officials shot tear gas. Views of old industrial building corridor, South cell block where prisoners where kept, and prisoner's (Charles Hardy Adams) empty cell.
Prison Break (Escape) -- California State Prison at San Quentin (February 03, 1947) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 188, [141137.02-03] . 2 negatives
Mug shots of escaped prisoners from prison files: Joseph Denton Callan, Charles Hardy Adams, and Gilbert Holmes. [Copy negatives].
Prison Break (Escape) -- Prisoners Captured -- California State Prison at San Quentin (February 04, 1947) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 188, [141137.04] . 4 negatives
Escaped prisoners captured: Gilbert Holmes, Charles Hardy Adams, and Joseph Denton Callan. Warden Clinton Duffy standing behind seated prisoners. Duffy holds the rope the prisoners used.
Prisoners Strike -- California State Prison at San Quentin (February 19, 1947) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 188, [141137.05-06] . 9 negatives
Warden Clinton Duffy greeting and thanking San Rafael policemen for their aid. Sausalito, San Anselmo, and San Rafael police officers with tear gas guns. Prison guard tower in background. Includes Russell W. Hannis, Paul Zensius, F.H. Farley, Sausalito Chief of Police James F. Doyle, Patrolman Bernard Johnson, Sergeant Jesse O'Brien, Sergeant Frank French, ...
Prison Riot -- California State Prison at San Quentin (February 27, 1947) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 188, [141137.07] . 2 negatives
San Quentin guards assisted by San Rafael police and State Highway Patrol to quell riot. Men cross bridge to and from prison tower.
Devices for Searching People -- California State Prison at San Quentin (March 27, 1947) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 188, [141138.01-02] . 9 negatives
View of x-ray device with guard tower in the background. Operator Jeanne Dean at control board. Warden Clinton Duffy undergoing examination with Guard George A. Mellon. Security device "New Magic Eye" inside prison. Includes Lieutenant W.M. Young, John Cullivan, N.W. Prescott, and Mike Fitzpatrick.