This is an oil painting on canvas by the artist Catherine S. Caroll, titled "Men's Jail Number 3 1932." Painted in 1997, with the additional note "City and County of San Francisco unincorporated San Mateo County, San Bruno".
The SFSD History Research Project
Catherine S. Caroll’s 1997 San Bruno Jail painting
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