PHOTOGRAPHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

Photographs of American history
include historical sites,
battlefields, monuments, and parks.
In many cases, these historic
sites have been brought to life
by reenactors, who portray days gone past.
Some of these dramatic moments
are captured in photographs
that covers America's history from the earliest
settlements to World War II.



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William B. Folsom Photography, Inc.
is a stock photography agency
with a wide array of stock photographs.

Please note that these photographs
were taken within the last 20 years
and, focus on historic sites, subjects, monuments,
reenactors, or reenactments.
They are NOT historic images.
LISTING OF SUBJECTS

Colonial
Early settlements in Maryland and Virginia. Williamsburg, VA.

American revolution
American, British, French, and Prussian military units.
Civilians.
Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Stanwick, Fort Niagra, NY.

1830's
Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

The American Civil War
Reenactors: Artillerymen, civilians, cavalry, infantry.
Battlefields Antietam, Appomattox,Balls Bluff, Cedar Creek,
Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Chickahominy Bluff, Cold Harbor,
Gain's Mill, Germania Ford, Gettysburg, Manassas, Monocacy,
New Market, Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, Spotsylvania,
The Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, and others.

The American West
U.S. Cavalry, Fort Huachuca, AZ. Tombstone, AZ.

1800's-1900's
Museum of Early American Life, Staunton, VA (farms).

World War I
U.S. infantry and aircraft.

1920's-30's
Aircraft, barnstorming and automobiles.

World War II
U.S. (and foreign) troops and aircraft.

1950's-1960's
Aircraft (military and civilian) and automobiles.
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The following have used one or more
of my photographs on the cover(s) of their magazine:
Civil War Times Illustrated, Counter-Attack, Living History,
MuzzleBlasts, National Parks,
and True West.

The following have used one or more
of my photographs inside their magazine:
Early American Life, Historic Traveler, and National Parks.

The following books have used one or more
of my photographs on the cover or inside
their publication:

  • ALGONQUIANS OF THE EAST COAST (Time-Life);
  • CLASSIC AIRPLANES (MetroBooks);
  • COLONIAL PARK - The Story Behind the Scenery (KC Publications);
  • CONQUER THE SKY - Great Moments in Aviation (MetroBooks);
  • MARYLAND: Portait of the Land and its People (American Geographic Publishing);
  • OLD GLORY (Crescent Books);
  • THE GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION (Smithmark);
  • THE OLD SOUTH (Mallard Press and Smithmark Publishers);
  • SMITHSONIAN GUIDE TO AVIATION (Macmillan Publishing);
  • VIRGINIA ON MY MIND (Falcon Press);


  • JUVENILE BOOKS:
    Benchmark Books: Meet the Webbers of Philadelphia,
    Taking Off - Planes Then and Now, and
    VIRGINIA: Celebrate the States.
    RiverFront Books:
    ATHENA, HERCULES, AND VENUS-Greek & Roman Mythology.

    OTHER:
    The New York Times has featured my work on the Civil War.
    Reader's Digest and Time-Life Books
    used my images to advertise the National Museum of American History's
    "Smithsonian's Great Battles of the Civil War" series.
    My photographs appeared on the covers of Volume V. and VI.
    The Virginia Department of Tourism used one of my
    Civil War reenactment photographs in a national campaign
    to attract visitors to Virginia.

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