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694-24. 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, 2008Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 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  Grave of Sam Houston at west entrance of Oakwood Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Tomb of one of descendants(?) of Sam Houston in Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008  Headstones of Oakwood Cemetery in mist. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  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  Old tombstones of 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  A headstone symbol in Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, December 29, 2011  Old cedar tree in 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  An octagon at the 22nd floor of Louisiana State Capitol, with allegorical winged figures guarding the corners. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 2, 2006  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  Re-creation of a pope lying in state at St. Peter s Basilica flanked by two members of Swiss Guard at "Celebrating Deaths of Popes" exhibit in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009  1921 Rock Falls eight-column carved-panel motorized hearse in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009  Sam Houston statue at Road 45, view from its feet. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Granite tombstone with a carved sign of an idex finger pointed upward when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, November 9, 2024  Brightly colored wooden coffins from Ghana carved as objects capturing essence of the departed (fishing canoe, chicken, bull, crab etc.) in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009  Stellas of grey granite in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, January 17, 2023  Bronze statue of robed Jesus Christ ("Blessing Christ", also known as "Comforting Christ" and "The Christus", a copy of Bertel Thorvaldsen s Resurrected Christ, made for Vor Frue Kirke, Copenhagen Cathedral) in Rawler Rather Powell Memorial Park on north border of Oakwood Cemetery. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008  Some grey lichen on a granite tombstone in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, March 3, 2019  Some grey lichen together with Caloplaca on a granite tombstone in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, March 3, 2019  Some grey lichen with black apothecia on a granite tombstone in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, March 3, 2019  Close up of some grey lichen with black apothecia on a granite tombstone in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, March 3, 2019  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  Buck Foster Cemetery at Road 30 west from Huntsville. Texas, June 29, 2008  Tombs of Buck Foster Cemetery at Road 30 west from Huntsville. Texas, June 29, 2008  A mysterious sign on a marble grave of L. Godfrey (died May 22, 1847) on a small cemetery at Kerber Road, 6 miles west from Lafayette, Indiana, September 25, 1999.  Sam Houston statue in fog at Road 45. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Box turtle (ventral view) on Four Notch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, May 11, 2008  View of J.F.K. grave, Arlington Bridge and Washington Monument on the other bank of Potomac River from a hill at Arlington Cemetery. Washington DC, February 6, 1998.  Side view of dark grey bolete mushrooms Tylopilus griseocarneus on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018  Grey folios lichen on a granite stone near the gulf in Sobstvennaya Dacha Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2019  Extra head of Sam Houston statue in a roadside park of Road 45. Huntsville, Texas, December 18, 2008  Close up of grey folios lichen on a granite stone near the gulf in Sobstvennaya Dacha Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2019  Gate of Mustang Cemetery at Road 227 near Road 30 west from Huntsville. Texas, June 29, 2008  Horse Pension and horse cemetery (under restoration) in Alexandrovskiy Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo, residence of Russian tsars). Near Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 22, 2000  Grey crustose lichen Aspicilia with firedot lichen Caloplaca on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018  Figures of Russian revolutionaries on porcelain dish art "Returning from emigration in April of 1917" (1930-s) by I. Riznich in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019  Golf course of Audubon Park in fog, view from West Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 14, 2006  Grey crustose lichen Aspicilia with orange firedot lichen Caloplaca on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018  Common grey crustose lichen Aspicilia (sunken disk lichen) on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018  Lichens on a granite tombstone in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 15, 2012  Horse skull statue at the entrance of Animal Industries Building on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 19, 2007  Live oak in golf course of Audubon Park in fog, view from West Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 14, 2006  Entrance of granite hollow of old powder bunker in north-west area of Monrepo (Mon Repos) Park. Vyborg, Russia, September 14, 2013  Shed and a horse with bluebonnet flowers, view from crossing of Old Navasota and Old Chappell Hill roads. North from Brenham, Texas, April 6, 2008  Button lichen (Buellia) on a granite tombstone in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018  View of Indiana Avenue around intersection with Capitol Avenue from the 17th floor of One American Square building. Indianapolis, December 1, 1999.  A marble statue of a saint at Esplanade Avenue entrance of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  Walls Unit of prison system, main entrance. Huntsville, Texas, June 29, 2008  Rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on a granite tombstone in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2018  A historical mural on a concrete column showing historical portraits of Arthur Esteves and M. Alcee Labat, with abandoned cars under I-10 ramp along North Claiborn Avenue near Esplanade Avenue in Treme. New Orleans, Louisiana, April 14, 2006  Grey lichen on clasping hands in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 30, 2012  Lion of Judah (symbol of Ethiopia) carved in the stone lintel above the entrance to Ethiopian Church. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2001  Outline of unmarked children s(?) grave in Oak Hill Cemetery in Camp Swift north from Bastrop. Texas, September 15, 2012  Clay markers outline a grave in Oak Hill Cemetery in Camp Swift north from Bastrop. Texas, September 15, 2012  Gold cobblestone lichen Pleopsidium flavum (Pleopsidium oxytonum)(?) mixed with a grey crustose lichen on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018  Peppered rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) on a granite tomb in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2018  Button lichen (Buellia) on a polished granite surface of Bible on a tomb in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018  A "budget style" grave of Joseph Williams Jr. (6/21/1959-4/16/1979) in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, April 17, 2005.  Skull embossed on a grave in Necropolis of Alexander Nevsky Lavra (Lazarevskoe Cemetery). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2014  Close up of button lichen (Buellia) on a polished granite surface of Bible on a tomb in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018  Peppered rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) with millipeds on a granite tomb in City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2018  Apothecia of peppered rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) on a granite tomb in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018  Rock shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on a granite tombstone in old Port Sullivan cemetery, west from Hearne. Texas, January 8, 2019  Various green and grey lichens on a massive cast iron fence in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018  Close up of rock shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on a granite tombstone in old Port Sullivan cemetery, west from Hearne. Texas, January 8, 2019  Oak alley at the entrance of City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 18, 2018  Oak alley at the entrance of City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2018  A five-horse statue "The Day the Wall Came Down" showing a piece of the Berlin Wall with painted graffiti near George Bush Presidential Library Center. College Station, Texas, January 20, 2007  Large apothecia of peppered rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) on surface of a granite tomb in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018  Rough grave No. 96 in Al Khor Cemetery. North from Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2016  Grave No. 37 in Al Khor Cemetery. North from Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2016  Live oaks at the entrance of City Cemetery. Bryan, Texas, December 8, 2018  Peppered rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) growing around inscription on a granite tomb of C. M. Womack (5/24/1862) in Odd Fellow Cemetery. Anderson, Texas, December 31, 2018  Captain Joe Byrd (Peckerwood Hill) Cemetery in fog. Huntsville, Texas, February 21, 2008  A grave of Christian cemetery south from Tel Akko junction. Akko, the Middle East, June 7, 2001  Side view of bulbous honey mushrooms (Armillaria gallica) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, December 16, 2018  Limestone grave when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, November 3, 2024  View of downtown south-west from Chase Tower. Houston, Texas, December 23, 2009  Side view of a tiny inkcap mushroom Coprinopsis stercorea on horse dung on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 3, 2019  Grey lichen on tree bark in floodplain area on Alligator Branch section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, February 17, 2019  Galina Starovoitova grave (she was a politician of Perestroika, killed in October 1998) in Alexandro-Nevskaya Lavra (memorial cemetery). Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 7, 1999.  Limestone grave with lichens when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Calvert Cemetery. Calvert, Texas, November 3, 2024  Some grey folios lichen at the foot of granite cliffs in Monrepos Park in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019 |
