O. Winston Link

(American, 1914–2001)

O. Winston Link was a pioneering American commercial photographer. Best known for his images of steam locomotives, Link is responsible for developing the equipment and techniques that allowed for some of the earliest examples of night photography. Born on December 16, 1914 in Brooklyn, NY, he went on to receive a civil engineering degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1937. He developed several new forms of photographic equipment, notably rigging 43 flash bulbs to fire simultaneously so as to capture a steam locomotive at night. Of his preference for shooting after dark and in black and white, he once quipped: “The locomotives are black. The coal is black. The tracks are black. The night is black. So what am I going to do with color?” Today, there is an O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, VA dedicated to his photographs, audio files, and video works documenting the last days of steam locomotives along the Norfolk and Western Railway. He died on January 30, 2001 in Katonah, NY. 

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O. Winston Link (1,059 results)
Abingdon Branch, Train 201 Southbound..., 1956

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Abingdon Branch, Train 201 Southbound..., 1956

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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Abingdon Branch, Maude Bows to The Virginia..., 1956

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Abingdon Branch, Maude Bows to The Virginia..., 1956

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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Abingdon Branch, Conductor Ralph White of..., 1955

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Abingdon Branch, Conductor Ralph White of..., 1955

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia..., 1956

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia..., 1956

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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The Keith Children Fishing as Train No. 2..., 1956

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The Keith Children Fishing as Train No. 2..., 1956

Sale Date: January 16, 2020

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray,..., 1994

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray,..., 1994

Sale Date: December 11, 2019

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Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger Drive-in, Iaeger, , 1956

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Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger Drive-in, Iaeger, , 1956

Sale Date: December 11, 2019

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HAWKSBILL CREEK SWIMMING HOLE, LURAY, VA 1956, 2000

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HAWKSBILL CREEK SWIMMING HOLE, LURAY, VA 1956, 2000

Sale Date: December 6, 2019

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«NW 1350», Solitude Siding, Arcadia, Virginia, 1957

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«NW 1350», Solitude Siding, Arcadia, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: November 22, 2019

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Washing K104, Bristol Roundhouse * Bringing..., 1955

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Washing K104, Bristol Roundhouse * Bringing..., 1955

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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The Pocahontas on its way from Cincinnati,..., 1958

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The Pocahontas on its way from Cincinnati,..., 1958

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Main Street, Stanley, Virginia, 1956

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Main Street, Stanley, Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Birmingham Special Rural Retreat, VA, 1958

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Birmingham Special Rural Retreat, VA, 1958

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Policeman Weldon Painter Patrols the Main..., 1956

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Policeman Weldon Painter Patrols the Main..., 1956

Sale Date: September 27, 2019

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Ghost Town, Stanley, Virginia, 1957

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Ghost Town, Stanley, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: October 4, 2019

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: October 4, 2019

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TRAIN #6, LEAVING WILLIAMSON, WEST VIRGINIA

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TRAIN #6, LEAVING WILLIAMSON, WEST VIRGINIA

Sale Date: September 11, 2019

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Valley and Train 382, Abingdon Branch, near..., 1956

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Valley and Train 382, Abingdon Branch, near..., 1956

Sale Date: June 6, 2019

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The Popes and the Last Steam Passenger..., 1957

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The Popes and the Last Steam Passenger..., 1957

Sale Date: June 6, 2019

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Gooseneck Dam and No. 2, Natural Bridge,..., 1956

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Gooseneck Dam and No. 2, Natural Bridge,..., 1956

Sale Date: June 6, 2019

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