![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/10t.jpg) Model of old prison rodeo arena in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/07t.jpg) Inmate money printed by Texas Prison System in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/08t.jpg) Makeshift weapons in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/09t.jpg) Death penalty protests on exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/11t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/06t.jpg) Paper items with handles made by prisoners from Christian counseling literature and used as dumbbells in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/16t.jpg) Exterior of Prison Museum styled as a prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/03t.jpg) Walls Unit prison. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/13t.jpg) Texas Prison Rodeo exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/17t.jpg) TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Prison Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/564/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue, decorated by murals painted by inmates, view from White Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/10t.jpg) Death row exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/14t.jpg) Used electric chair in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/11t.jpg) Recreation exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/15t.jpg) Inmate crafts exhibit in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/12t.jpg) Inmate crafts items in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/09t.jpg) Old Sparky electric chair in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/23t.jpg) "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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/03t.jpg) Old Administration Building of Walls Unit Prison. Huntsville, Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/622/jpeg/02t.jpg) Walls Unit of prison system, Main Building. Huntsville, Texas, March 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/654/jpeg/11t.jpg) Walls Unit of prison system, main entrance. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/22t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/02t.jpg) Steamboat House in Sam Houston Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/900/jpeg/08t.jpg) Model of Walls Unit of Texas State Penitentiary in Prison Museum. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/01t.jpg) Interior of Steamboat House in Sam Houston Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/25t.jpg) Room in Woodland Home in Sam Houston Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/26t.jpg) Interior of Woodland Home in Sam Houston Museum. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/173/jpeg/33t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/996/jpeg/16t.jpg) Group of inmates burying deceased prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/654/jpeg/12t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/816/jpeg/14t.jpg) Huntsville Unit of Texas State Penitentiary, "The Walls" prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 20, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/816/jpeg/15t.jpg) Christmas decoration on tall brick security walls of Huntsville prison "The Walls". Huntsville, Texas, December 20, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/996/jpeg/01t.jpg) Walls Unit prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/996/jpeg/03t.jpg) Old Administration Building of Walls Unit Prison. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/996/jpeg/02t.jpg) Memorial plaque of Texas Historical Commission in front of Walls Unit of TDCJ prison system. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/11t.jpg) Junk rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/12t.jpg) Kids Place in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/13t.jpg) Monstrous statue of Sam Houston at Road 45. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/08t.jpg) Guts of Saturn Rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/09t.jpg) Wires of Saturn Rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/06t.jpg) Engine of Saturn rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/14t.jpg) 60 tons alabaster statue of Sam Houston at Road 45. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/24t.jpg) Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/10t.jpg) Tubes and wires of Saturn Rocket in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/618/jpeg/12t.jpg) Spare part of statue of Sam Houston in a roadside park. Huntsville, Texas, February 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/13t.jpg) Pond in Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston Forest. Huntsville, Texas, February 17, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/689/jpeg/12t.jpg) Dancer on Community Stage at Brazos Valley Worldfest at downtown Bryan. Texas, November 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/23t.jpg) Crosses in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/21t.jpg) Outhouse of TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/689/jpeg/14t.jpg) Female dancer on Community Stage at Brazos Valley Worldfest at downtown Bryan. Texas, November 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cross under a pine in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/16t.jpg) Tombstones of prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tombs of prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/22t.jpg) Rows of crosses in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/20t.jpg) Tombs of executed prisoners in TDCJ Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/19t.jpg) TDCJ Number of an electrocuted prisoner on a cross in Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/01t.jpg) Historic Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/03t.jpg) Current Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/04t.jpg) Apparatus in current Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/07t.jpg) Saturn Rocket in junk rocket park of NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/615/jpeg/25t.jpg) XM-47 Patton(?) tank in Museum of the American GI on Cherokee Road, view from Road 6. College Station, Texas, February 3, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/690/jpeg/24t.jpg) Spectators of a performance in a tavern stage at Texas Renaissance Festival. Plantersville, Texas, November 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mysterious buttons in Historic Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/617/jpeg/05t.jpg) Visitor s walk in current Mission Control Center in NASA Space Center Museum. Houston, Texas, February 16, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/689/jpeg/17t.jpg) Prakriti, Indian Youth Dance Group at Citibank World Stage (Palace Theater) at Brazos Valley Worldfest at downtown Bryan. Texas, November 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/379/jpeg/02t.jpg) Stage Harbor from Morris Road in Cape Cod. Chatham, Massachusetts, February 28, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/689/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dancer Soraya from Gypsy Dance Theater and Colombian Folkloric Ballet of Houston handling her pet snake (balled python) Avanti on Agora Stage at Texas Renaissance Festival. Plantersville, Texas, November 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2231/jpeg/24t.jpg) Prostrate stage of Trametopsis cervina mushroom in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, February 28, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/22t.jpg) Xylocoremium flabelliforme stage (anamorph) of Xylaria cubensis fungus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/21t.jpg) Yellow corticioid fungus (Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?), young stage) on underside of an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2242/jpeg/18t.jpg) Xylocoremium flabelliforme stage (anamorph) of Xylaria cubensis mushrooms on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, April 8, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2467/jpeg/18t.jpg) Young stage of slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a fallen pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 16, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/22t.jpg) Thin yellow corticioid fungus (Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?), young stage) on underside of a decorticated oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close up of a yellow fungus (Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?), young stage) that looks like sprayed paint on underside of an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2467/jpeg/19t.jpg) Young stage of slime mold Stemonitis fusca on a fallen rotting pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 16, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow corticioid fungus (Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?), young stage) that looks like sprayed paint on underside of an oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/23t.jpg) Thin yellow corticioid fungus (Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?), young stage) covering underside of a decorticated oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2645/jpeg/07t.jpg) Xylocoremium flabelliforme stage of a fungus Xylaria cubensis in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/690/jpeg/01t.jpg) Snake dance by Soraya from Gypsy Dance Theater with a ball python (Python regius) having name Avanti on Agora Stage at Texas Renaissance Festival. Plantersville, Texas, November 23, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2645/jpeg/09t.jpg) Immature Xylocoremium flabelliforme (a stage of a fungus Xylaria cubensis) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2262/jpeg/18t.jpg) Yellow corticioid fungus (Hypoxylon rubiginosum(?), young stage) that looks like sprayed paint on underside of an oak log in a dried shallow creek on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 19, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2645/jpeg/08t.jpg) Xylocoremium flabelliforme stage of a fungus Xylaria cubensis on a fallen tree limb in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/662/jpeg/15t.jpg) Paintings in Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas, August 2, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/630/jpeg/19t.jpg) Amphibian car in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, April 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/630/jpeg/20t.jpg) Restored tank in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, April 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/662/jpeg/17t.jpg) Hall with paintings in Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas, August 2, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/675/jpeg/01t.jpg) George Bush Library and Museum. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/630/jpeg/21t.jpg) M24 Chaffee tank in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, April 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/654/jpeg/13t.jpg) Old Walker County Jail. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/19t.jpg) Sam Houston statue in fog at Road 45. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/675/jpeg/02t.jpg) Entrance of George Bush Library and Museum. College Station, Texas, September 29, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/662/jpeg/16t.jpg) Sculpture of a woman with a child in Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas, August 2, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/695/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tombs of Oakwood Cemetery in mist. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/695/jpeg/02t.jpg) Headstones of Oakwood Cemetery in mist. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tombs of Oakwood Cemetery in mist. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/630/jpeg/18t.jpg) World War II M4A1 Sherman tank in Museum of the American GI. College Station, Texas, April 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/654/jpeg/14t.jpg) Town Theater at 1023 12th Street. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/654/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tomb of one of descendants(?) of Sam Houston in Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008
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