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618-04. Old Sparky electric chair used for capital punishment of several hundred death row inmates in 1924-1964 in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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618-04. Old Sparky electric chair used for capital punishment of several hundred death row inmates in 1924-1964 in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Old Sparky electric chair in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Used electric chair in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Syringe used to administer sodium thiopental to sedate inmates during first stage of lethal injection in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Death penalty protests on exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Model of old prison rodeo arena in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Inmate money printed by Texas Prison System in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Paper items with handles made by prisoners from Christian counseling literature and used as dumbbells in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Model of Walls Unit in Prison Museum, with Main Building in the center, Infirmary to the left and Dining to the right. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Exterior of Prison Museum styled as a prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Texas Prison Rodeo exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Prison Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue, decorated by murals painted by inmates, view from White Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6, 2007  Classical Ford 1924 car in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, February 15, 2014  Recreation exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Vintage Ford Ambulance 1924 car in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, February 15, 2014  Inmate crafts exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Inmate crafts items in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  "Merry Christmas to All" decoration on the 32 feet tall brick security wall surrounding "The Walls" prison (Huntsville TDCJ Unit), with a memorial historical plaque in foreground. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Electric shop half filled by electric bulbs on Al Najada Street. Doha, Qatar, February 26, 2010  Old Administration Building of Walls Unit Prison. Huntsville, Texas, March 23, 2008  Huntsville Unit of Texas State Penitentiary "The Walls" (established 1849) at morning. A clock above the main entrance to the prison is a symbol of time which serves as a reminder to those inside. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Walls Unit of prison system, Main Building. Huntsville, Texas, March 23, 2008  Walls Unit of prison system, main entrance. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008  Steamboat House in Sam Houston Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Model of Walls Unit of Texas State Penitentiary in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Room in Woodland Home in Sam Houston Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Interior of Woodland Home in Sam Houston Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Interior of Steamboat House in Sam Houston Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  A hundred years old train car in a train museum in Shushary. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 6, 2004  Anticipation of death exhibit in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009  Group of inmates burying deceased prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Nafha Prison (Israeli top security prison, holds 200 Palestinians sentenced to life), view from a road to Eilat. North from Mitzpe Ramon, the Middle East, February 1, 2001  A bronze copy of the famous ancient Greek group "Laocoo"n and His Sons" near the Chinese Palace. The dynamic composition depicts the Trojan priest Laocoo"n and his two sons in their agonizing death struggle against sea serpents sent by the gods (usually attributed to Athena or Poseidon) as punishment for warning the Trojans about the wooden horse. Oranienbaum palace-and-park ensemble in Lomonosov (a suburb of St. Petersburg), Russia, October 13, 2025  Painting "Interior Landscape" by Helen Frankenthaler (1964) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024  Memorial plaque of Texas Historical Commission in front of 32 feet high and 2-3 feet thick brick security wall (1942) surrounding Walls Unit of TDCJ prison system. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008  Installation "Blue Sail" by Hans Haacke (1964-1965, chiffon, oscillating fan, fishing weights, and thread, 132 x 128 in.) in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California, March 18, 2024  Huntsville Unit of Texas State Penitentiary, "The Walls" prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 20, 2009  Christmas decoration on tall brick security walls of Huntsville prison "The Walls". Huntsville, Texas, December 20, 2009  Gilt State Chair (throne) in Saint George Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004  Old Administration Building of Walls Unit Prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Large death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, September 24, 2020  Memorial plaque of Texas Historical Commission in front of Walls Unit of TDCJ prison system. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Junk rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Kids Place in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Monstrous statue of Sam Houston at Road 45. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Cross section of large death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Chinquapin Trail in Huntsville State Park. Texas, September 24, 2020  Guts of Saturn Rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Engine of Saturn rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Wires of Saturn Rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  60 tons alabaster statue of Sam Houston at Road 45. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Bottom section of a electric utility building and a fence from a balcony of Room 1703 of Dareen Tower. Doha, Qatar, February 2, 2014  Tubes and wires of Saturn Rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Pond in Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston Forest. Huntsville, Texas, February 17, 2008  Spare part of statue of Sam Houston in a roadside park. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  A broken electric pole and a house at North Rocheblave Street in Lower Ninth Ward at morning in mist. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22, 2006  Death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides)(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018  Death cap mushroom (Amanita Phalloideae) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 15, 2018  Crosses in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Outhouse of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 22, 2018  Underside of death cap mushroom (Amanita Phalloideae) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 15, 2018  Tombs of prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Rows of crosses in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Cross under a pine in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Tombstones of prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Tombs of executed prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  TDCJ Number of an electrocuted prisoner on a cross in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Current Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Historic Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Apparatus in current Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Saturn Rocket in junk rocket park of NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  XM-47 Patton(?) tank in Museum of the American GI on Cherokee Road, view from Road 6. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2008  Visitor s walk in current Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Mysterious buttons in Historic Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008  Death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018  Death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018  Death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018  Dissected death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018  Death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018  Red chair in Odd Fellow Cemetery in fog. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2009  Christmas decorations on Harry Swift - Barranger House (1924) at 4 Audubon Boulevard in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 16, 2006  Side view of a death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018  Pair of death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018  Underside of death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018  Dissected death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018  Side view of death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018  Death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) at the base of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018  Rim-lichen (Lecanora) on a plastic chair in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018  Dog sleeping on a chair. Pushkin, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 1, 2015  A temporary protest installation located directly in front of the Russian Embassy at Pikk 19 in Tallinn s Old Town. The barricades and posters are situated along the sidewalk of Pikk Street, facing the embassy building. This narrow, historic street has become a focal point for public demonstrations since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The installation serves as a persistent protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It features Ukrainian flags, anti-war messages, graphic images of war damage (such as destroyed buildings in Ukrainian cities), and tributes to figures like Alexei Navalny. The display transforms a section of the picturesque Old Town into a politically charged space, forcing diplomats and passersby to confront the realities of the conflict. The protest materials are often updated by activists and local residents to reflect ongoing events. The sign "If they decide to kill me, it means we are incredibly strong - Navalny" references the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose death in prison in February 2024 sparked renewed gatherings and memorials at this exact spot. Tallinn, Estonia, October 16, 2025  Zion Lutheran Church (1847) at 1924 Saint Charles Avenue near Josephine Street in Lower Garden District. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 25, 2006  A window near 1924 North Johnson Street, near Lizardi Street in Lower Ninth Ward. New Orleans, Louisiana, April 29, 2006  A view of the installation specifically focuses on the memorial dedicated to Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in a penal colony on February 16, 2024. The central poster explicitly states "PUTIN KILLED NAVALNY" in bold red and black letters, echoing the sentiments of protestors worldwide who hold the Kremlin responsible for his death. Below the text is a large, stylized black-and-white portrait of Navalny, marked with the date of his death, February 16, 2024. The main poster is surrounded by smaller photos, drawings, and messages from supporters, including a quote in Russian: "Everything will be fine. And even if it isn t, we will console ourselves that we were honest people". The memorial is integrated into the broader anti-war protest, with signs like "STOPTHEWAR" and "NETVOYNE" (No to War) visible alongside Ukrainian colors. A yellow poster in the background calls for freedom for political prisoners ("SVOBODU POLITZAKLYUCHONNYM"). Tallinn, Estonia, October 16, 2025  This aerial view, captured on the approach to Helsinki (arriving from the west/southwest towards Helsinki-Vantaa Airport), showcases the stunningly fragmented coastline of the Finnish capital. The Archipelago: The image perfectly illustrates why Helsinki is known as the "Daughter of the Baltic." The coastline is a complex maze of peninsulas, bays, and islands. Western Suburbs: The dense urban areas visible are likely the western districts of Espoo (Finland s second-largest city, part of the capital region) and western Helsinki. Specifically, the large island connected by bridges in the center-left is likely Lauttasaari (Drumso), a major residential island district. To its left, the distinctive curved coastline of Keilaniemi and West Harbour (La"nsisatama) areas might be visible. The landscape is dotted with significant green spaces and forested islands, characteristic of the Helsinki metropolitan area where nature is never far from the urban core. View from a window of an airplane from Tallinn to Helsinki, Finland, October 17, 2025 |
