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996-02. Memorial plaque of Texas Historical Commission in front of Walls Unit of TDCJ prison system. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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996-02. Memorial plaque of Texas Historical Commission in front of Walls Unit of TDCJ prison system. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 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  "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  Walls Unit of prison system, Main Building. Huntsville, Texas, March 23, 2008  Walls Unit of prison system, main entrance. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008  Old Administration Building of Walls Unit Prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Christmas decoration on tall brick security walls of Huntsville prison "The Walls". Huntsville, Texas, December 20, 2009  Huntsville Unit of Texas State Penitentiary, "The Walls" prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 20, 2009  Memorial of Chief Satanta in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  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  Model of Walls Unit of Texas State Penitentiary in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Old Administration Building of Walls Unit Prison. Huntsville, Texas, March 23, 2008  Inmate money printed by Texas Prison System 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  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Prison Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Headstones of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Gates of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Exterior of Prison Museum styled as a prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Rows of tombs in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Pine trees in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Recent headstones of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Recent tombs of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Aligned crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Back fence of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Lines of crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Back rows of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Rows of crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  A prisoner preparing plywood caskets in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Group of inmates burying deceased prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Graveyard of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog, with a tomb of an executed prisoner No. 783 Justin Lee May to the left. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Texas Prison Rodeo exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Scattered, moss-covered remains of the pontoon bridge mechanism or its anchoring system. The massive granite boulders with embedded iron loops are likely anchors for a floating structure, or remnants of the pontoon system itself that was once used or stored near the Visconti Bridge. Before the stone Visconti Bridge was built in 1803, a floating bridge existed in this location. It is possible these are historical remnants from that era or parts of the hydraulic system used to manage the floating pontoons or secure boats near the dam. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 6, 2025  Model of old prison rodeo arena in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Huntsville Unit of Texas State Penitentiary "The Walls". Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Interior of a shaft for a "disappearing" Moncrieff gun within the fort s underground galleries in the historical Coastal Fort "Reef". The large hole in the ceiling "Oculus" is not a window or a skylight, but a gun pit. The rough, stained concrete walls and heavy metal brackets on the walls are remnants of the lifting mechanism and the platforms where the gun crew would operate. Kronstadt, Russia, September 27, 2025  Recreation exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Used electric chair in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Inmate crafts exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Old Sparky electric chair in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Inmate crafts items in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010  Bronze plaque in Bonfire Memorial on campus of Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas, September 30, 2024  Bronze plaque in Bonfire Memorial on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2008  Memorial plaque with J. Stalin depicting Second Congress of Soviets in Vosstaniya Metro (subway) Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2009  Memorial plague on Birzhevaya Square in front of Stock Exchange on Vasilievsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 18, 2016  Bronze plaque commemorating a student Lucas Kimmel and his dog Maverick in Bonfire Memorial on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 18, 2009  Bronze plaque commemorating a student Lucas Kimmel and his dog Maverick in Bonfire Memorial on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 26, 2007  Bronze plaque with portraits of a student Lucas Kimmel and his dog Maverick in Bonfire Memorial on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 5, 2013  Bronze plaque with engraved portrait of a student Jeremy Frampton in Bonfire Memorial on campus of Texas A&M University. College Station, Texas, September 30, 2024  Bronze plaque with engraved portrait of a student Jeremy Frampton in Bonfire Memorial on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, September 26, 2007  A sculpture in front of JP Morgan Chase Tower in downtown in fog. Houston, Texas, December 31, 2011  Sneed Memorial Methodist Church (1923) at 308 East Mitchell Street. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Memorial Gates "To My Dear Fellow Servants", a historical monument located on the boundary of the Catherine Park in Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Outhouse of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Crosses in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Rows of crosses in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Rows of crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Tombstones of prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Tombs of prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Cross under a pine in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Crosses on tombs of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Rows of tombs of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  Tombs of executed prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Tombs of executed prisoners (TDCJ No. 41, 3, 53, and 87) in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  War memorial in front of Stella Mare Church in Haifa. The Middle East, October 26, 2002  TDCJ Number of an electrocuted prisoner on a cross in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Gazebo-style octogonal bandstand (1895) (Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in Virginia Field Park. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Death penalty protests on exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Virginia Field Park, with gazebo-style octogonal two-tiered bandstand (1895, Karen Renee Wiese Memorial Pavilion) in the center. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Glacier of Arctic Cordillera mountain system on Ellesmere Island, Canada. View from a window of a plane from Dubai, UAE to Houston, TX, April 28, 2011  Arctic Cordillera mountain system on Ellesmere Island, Canadian territory. View from a window of a plane from Dubai, UAE to Houston, TX, April 28, 2011  Twelfth Man, E. King Gill statue (George E. "Pat" Foley, 1980) in front of Kyle Field stadium on campus of Texas A and M University at rain. College Station, Texas, December 5, 2011  Fountain in front of Clayton Williams Alumni Center at a corner of George Bush Drive and Houston Street on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 4, 2011  Glacier flowing in Arctic Cordillera mountain system on Ellesmere Island, Canada. View from a window of a plane from Dubai, UAE to Houston, TX, April 28, 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  This broader aerial shot, taken from an aircraft heading north towards Helsinki, captures the expansive geography of Tallinn s coastline. The large landmass stretching into the sea on the left is the Kopli Peninsula. Once an industrial zone, it is now a rapidly developing area with trendy neighborhoods like Kalamaja (closer to the center) and burgeoning cultural hubs. The calm, blue waters of Tallinn Bay dominate the background, illustrating the city s intimate connection with the Baltic Sea. Further in the distance, beyond Kopli, one can see the tip of the Paljassaare Peninsula, known for its bird conservation area and beaches. The area in the foreground, characterized by a regular grid of streets and lower-rise buildings (many of them historic wooden houses), is the Kalamaja district. On the coastline to the right, the massive concrete hangars of the Seaplane Harbour museum are visible, a key maritime landmark. Near the Seaplane Harbour, the curved, defensive walls of the Patarei Sea Fortress (a former prison) stand on the water s edge, marking a grim but significant historical site. View from a window of an airplane from Tallinn to Helsinki, Estonia, October 17, 2025  Cross on a tomb of executed prisoner TDCJ No. 740 decorated by a plastic heart and spiderwort flowers behind it in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  Syringe used to administer sodium thiopental to sedate inmates during first stage of lethal injection 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  Old Sparky electric chair used for capital punishment of several hundred death row inmates in 1924-1964 in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008  Old tombstones of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Slave section of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Large headstones of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Tomb of Thomason in Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Old cedar tree in Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Decorated tombs of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Lichens on a headstone of Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Marble tombs of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  A headstone symbol in Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011 |
