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996-08. Back rows of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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996-08. Back rows of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Rows of crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Rows of tombs in 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  Rows of 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 tombs of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  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  Gates 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  Pine trees in 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  Recent headstones 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  Memorial of Chief Satanta in 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  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  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  TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Prison Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Crosses of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, October 31, 2009  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  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  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  TDCJ Number of an electrocuted prisoner on a cross in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  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  Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  Crosses on tombs of prisoners in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  Tombs of died prisoners in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  Tomb site of Chief Santanta (died 10/11/1878) in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, April 26, 2008  Memorial plaque of Texas Historical Commission in front of Walls Unit of TDCJ prison system. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Rows of unidentified graves without headstones marked with temporary markers in Oak Hill Cemetery in Camp Swift north from Bastrop. Texas, September 15, 2012  "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  Old tombstones of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Slave section of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Tomb of Thomason in Oakwood Cemetery in fog. 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  Old cedar tree in Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Lichens on a headstone of Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Decorated tombs of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Large headstones of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Grave of Sam Houston at west entrance of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Marble sculpture of a woman hanging a cross in Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Iron headstone of Martha McRoy (1835 - 1864) in Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Bearded Tooth Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus) growing on a tree in Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Rows of tombstones of Al Khor Cemetery. North from Al Khor, Qatar, December 5, 2014  Captain Edward Penniman House near Fort Hill in Cape Cod. Orleans, Massachusetts, January 18, 2005.  Rows of houses behind Commonwealth Avenue between Gloucester and Fairfield streets in Back Bay, view from Skywalk observatory of Prudential Tower. Boston, Massachusetts, January 25, 2005.  Rows of houses behind Commonwealth Avenue between Gloucester and Fairfield streets in Back Bay, view from Skywalk observatory of Prudential Tower. Boston, Massachusetts, January 25, 2005.  Back lit red leaves of farkleberry in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 15, 2011  Imperial Horse Cemetery at the Pensioner s Stable in Tsarskoe Selo. This cemetery is the final resting place for over 120 favorite horses of the Russian Emperors, from Alexander I to Nicholas II. The neat rows of white tombstones are the result of a major restoration project completed recently. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 21, 2025  Rows of carts in Souq Waqif (Old Market) at morning. Doha, Qatar, March 29, 2011  Rows of sapsucker holes near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2011  Rows of tombs in Al Khor Cemetery in fog. North from Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2016  Headstones of Oakwood Cemetery in mist. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Tombstone of a stabs-captain s wife Katherine Elisabeth von Mendt, geb. Butzow (1823-1842) in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 12, 2024  Military tomb of David Hill in Calvert Beauty Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 8, 2007  Rows of fresh and old sapsucker holes on tree bark in swampy area near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2011  Old Administration Building of Walls Unit Prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Burnt hill near Scenic Overlook Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011  Crosses in Negro Section of Oakwood Cemetery on a strip of land where many slaves were buried in unmarked graves. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  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  Potrero Hill from a back porch at Diamond Heights Boulevard. San Francisco, California, March 13, 2024  Tomb of Mary Drennan in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Tombstones of Calvert Cemetery at rain. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Tombs of Calvert Cemetery ( section behind the school) at sunrise. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Tombs of Calvert Cemetery ( section behind the school) at morning. Calvert, Texas, December 27, 2011  Angel on a tomb of Louis Browning in Calvert cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Pillar on a tomb of C. G. Saurenman (1865 - 1896) in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, December 22, 2011  Henry Bartlett - Price - Davidson - Burka - Byrd House (1920) at 89 Audubon Boulevard near Willow Street at evening. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 26, 2006  Mission District and Potrero Hill from a back porch at Diamond Heights Boulevard. San Francisco, California, March 13, 2024  Back lit Stiff Greenthread flower (Thelesperma filifolium, Asteraceae) on Moore s Hill Outcrop at FM Road 3090 near Navasota. Texas, August 1, 2013  "Alley of Heroes," a section of the cemetery dedicated to Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine. In the foreground stands a permanent black granite monument featuring a detailed engraving of a soldier in combat gear with the "Z" insignia and a stoic epitaph reading, "Having given everything, I will not rise from the dust... I, having killed the fear within myself, fought". The background reveals rows of additional graves densely adorned with wreaths and flags representing various military branches (including the VDV and Naval Infantry) and private military contractors, illustrating the ongoing scale and diverse composition of the casualties. Cemetery of the Victims of January 9, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2025  Back lit yellow flower of halfshrub sundrops (Calylophus berlandieri) on Moore s Hill Outcrop at FM Road 3090 2 miles north-east from Navasota. Texas, May 24, 2020  Giant statue of Sam Houston on Highway 45, view from its back. Huntsville, Texas, November 23, 2012  Rosette lichen (Physcia) on back of a grey marble tombstone in Boonville Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, January 27, 2019  Grave of Sam Houston at west entrance of Oakwood Cemetery showing Sam Houston carved from grey granite on his horse flanked by allegorical figures of Victory and History, view from Avenue I. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Pattern of rosette lichen (Physcia) on back of a grey marble tombstone in Boonville Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, January 27, 2019  "Section 69 A" marker within the "temporary" burial sector, where fresh earthen mounds stretch toward a forested perimeter, contrasting the ordered numbering system with the raw immediacy of mass death. A solitary mourner in a green coat stands quietly by a cross, tending to flowers amidst a sea of Russian tricolors and unit flags, including the blue and yellow banner of the Aerospace Forces, adding a human scale to the vast, impersonal landscape of casualties. The scene highlights the rapid expansion of the cemetery, with the dense rows of wooden crosses indicating the continuous flow of new burials. "Alley of Heroes" at Cemetery of the Victims of January 9, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2025  Back lit leaves of hazelnut in Sablino, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 21, 2011  Sam Houston gravesite marker at west entrance of Oakwood Cemetery (erected by Pompeo Coppini 4/21/1911, shows carved Sam Houston on his horse flanked by allegorical figures of Victory and History). Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008 |
