History – Dan Routh Photography

Prisoner of War

Portraits, North Carolina, History, Coast, Fort

Reenactor. Fort Macon State park. Atlantic Beach, North Carolina.

Williamsburg Pigeon

Bird, History, Travel, Virginia, Williamsburg

Henri Cartier-Bresson spoke of the “decisive moment” in photography. I was shooting pigeons on their roost behind the Wythe House when a bird decided to create it’s own moment.

The Red Wheel

History, Mill, North Carolina

Old Mill of Guilford. Oak Ridge, North Carolina.

Kitchen Still Life

Farm, History, Kitchen, North Carolina, Still Life

Horne Creek Living Historical Farm. Surry County, North Carolina.

Happy Fourth!

American Revolution, History, Julie 4th, North Carolina, Reenactment

Greensboro, North Carolina.

Old Train Cars

History, North Carolina, Railroad, Transportation

Old train cars. North Carolina Transportation Museum. Spencer, North Carolina.

Sewing at Single Brothers

Artisan, History, Museum, North Carolina, Old Salem, Portraits, Sewing

Old Salem Museum and Gardens. Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Guilford Courthouse

American Revolution, Battle, Great Britain, Greensboro, History, North Carolina, Portraits, Reenactment

Reenactor, Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Greensboro, North Carolina. Troops under General Nathaniel Greene fought the British under Lord Cornwallis and changed the outcome of the American Revolution.

Peeling Potatoes

Cooking, History, Kitchen, Moravian, Museum, North Carolina, Old Salem, Portraits

In the kitchen. Old Salem Museum and Gardens. Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Bynum General Store and Post Office

Architecture, History, Music, North Carolina, Store

The Bynum General Store (also known as the Harris and Farrell General Store) in Bynum, North Carolina, an old mill town on the Haw River between Pittsboro and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Bynum mill closed in 1983 (and burned in 2001) and the store which also served as the local post office closed in 2006. Since then it has been used a community center and music venue.