Social Hall (Alcatraz)
Facilities and organization
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The club had a small bar, library, large dining and dance floor, billiards table, ping pong table and a two-lane bowling alley, and was the center of social life on the island for the employees of the penitentiary. It regularly hosted dinners, bingo events, and from the 1940s onwards showed movies every Sunday night after they had been shown to the inmates during the day on Saturday and Sunday. The employees formed bowling leagues and held championships Food was supplied from leftovers in the kitchen and often brought by the attendees so it was usually free for the guests of the parties held here.
The club was responsible for organizing numerous special events on the island (held either in the hall or the Parade Grounds) and the fundraising associated with it, including ice cream and watermelon feasts, Halloween and Christmas parties.
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