April 20, 2024
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Postcards often take on a very different theme and become an excellent way to document the artistic achievements of an artist. This is exact the way Joseph Jacinto “Jo” Mora (1876-1947) came to be known. Today, Jo is nearly forgotten, but postcard collector Peter Hiller is working to change that.
Alcatraz Island sits in San Francisco Bay just over a mile offshore, but the mystery stretches for many miles. It is a place filled with history that would take volumes to recount, but today we will examine just the prison years, a couple of prisoners, and a postcard.