1905 original Mounted Photograph Alcatraz Island Army Prison San Francisco Bay English Chest on Chest miniature frame

miniature frame

width including handle about 8"

He also traveled and painted in the western and southwest United States including landscapes in Wyoming

and legibility in firing decorated wares

The Foundry mark on the bottom reads:

1905 original Mounted Photograph Alcatraz Island Army Prison San Francisco Bay English Chest on Chest miniature frameWe are offering a 1905 photo of Alcatraz Islandshowing the Army Prison. This photo was donated and original hand documentation by Al Carson, Quartermaster. In 1859, the Army established a fort on Alcatraz to defend San Francisco Bay. During the Civil War [1861 1865], the Army imprisoned deserters, insubordinate soldiers, and Confederate sympathizers on the island. In1868, the Army established a permanent military prison on Alcatraz. Approx.