Cemeteries

Desecrated tombs and graves at Greek Orthodox cemeteries in Istanbul, Turkey

Lyle Watts, Chief U.S. Forest Service, holds a Wooden Headstone at the Cemetery in Idaho City, Idaho. Notice the Ponderosa Pines growing within the burial plot. Photos #2009-2970 through #2009-2987 are from a typewritten notebook with a title page which reads, "United States Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Inspection Trip. Lyle F. Watts, Chief, Forest Service. W.B. Rice, Regional Forester. Boise National Forest. August 3 to 4, 1945. Presented by T.H Van Meter, Forest Supervisor, Boise National Forest."

Fenced cemetery in Idaho City, Idaho within the Boise National Forest. Notice how the Ponderosa Pine trees are growing inside the burial plot taking over the small cemetery.

Russian civilians, most of whom are women, are digging a grave in this snapshot retrieved from captured German prisoners of war after they attacked Stalingrad. This series includes photos 2009-2671 to 2009-2713 and 2009-2735, 2009-2736.

This snapshot, which was retrieved from German prisoners of war, shows Russian civilians burying their dead after the Germans attacked Stalingrad. This series includes photos 2009-2671 to 2009-2713 and 2009-2735, 2009-2736.

This snapshot shows the back of the tombstones of Ambassador Stanton Griffis's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Eliot Griffis.

This is a snapshot of the tombstone of Katharine Lyra Stanton Griffis, mother of Stanton Griffis. The inscription reads, "Katharine Lyra Stanton, Beloved wife of William Elliot Griffis, [star] Born at Newburyport, Mass. January 18, 1855. [cross] Died at Ithaca, N.Y. [illegible] 9, 1898. [illegible your Father [illegible] pleasure to give you the kingdom." This photo also shows a reflection of an unidentified woman wearing a sleeveless dress who is taking the picture.

Tombstones of Stanton Griffis's parents as seen from the back. His father's is on the left and his mother's is next to it on the right. A man, possibly Stanton Griffis, himself, stands to the far right.

This is a snapshot of the tombstone of William Elliot Griffis, the father of Stanton Griffis. The inscription reads, "William Elliot Griffis, Author of 'The Mikado's Empire', Born at Philadelphia, PA, September 17, 1843. Died [illegible] February 5, 1928. [illegible]" There is a reflection on the tombstone of an unidentified woman holding the camera.

Interior view of burial scene located in St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Identified by Thayer as "the skulls of the deceased monks piled high in the Charnal House." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer.