# Alcatraz Cell House, HABS photograph no. 23: typical cell in Cell Block C (Library of Congress)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/loc-habs-ca1498-015936p-alcatraz-typical-cell-1986/

HABS photograph no. 23 of the Alcatraz Cell House, 1986: a typical cell in Cell Block C. The Library of Congress marks it with no known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government.

The Library titles the photograph "Typical cell in Cell Block C," photograph no. 23 of the set. It shows a small cell with a bunk, a fold-down table, a shelf, and a sink and tap. The frame is stamped with the HABS number.

The Library's record gives the call number and reproduction number as HABS CAL,38-ALCA,1-A--23 and the created or published date as 1986. The item record names no photographer; the parent record for the Cell House lists Jet Lowe as photographer. The photograph belongs to HABS documentation of the building as a structure, taken long after the penitentiary closed in 1963, and it is used here only to show the cell house interior. See the [parent record](/items/loc-habs-ca1498-alcatraz-cell-house-record/).

## Sources

- Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/ca1498.photos.015936p/
- Full-size TIFF, Library of Congress: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/ca/ca1400/ca1498/photos/015936pu.tif