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)
Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

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Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Gooseneck Dam and the No. 2, Near Natural..., 1956

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Gooseneck Dam and the No. 2, Near Natural..., 1956

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special, Gets a , 1956

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Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special, Gets a , 1956

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, VA, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, VA, 1956

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Hot Shot Eastbound at the Drive-In, Iaeger,..., 1956

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Hot Shot Eastbound at the Drive-In, Iaeger,..., 1956

Sale Date: May 14, 2015

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Hot Shot, East Bound, Iaeger, West Virginia, , 1956

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Hot Shot, East Bound, Iaeger, West Virginia, , 1956

Sale Date: May 22, 2015

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails,..., 1955–1960

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails,..., 1955–1960

Sale Date: April 28, 2015

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NW1103, Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger..., 1103

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NW1103, Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger..., 1103

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat,..., 1957

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Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat,..., 1957

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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Train no. 17 crosses Bridge 201, Wurno..., 1957

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Train no. 17 crosses Bridge 201, Wurno..., 1957

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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NW 1643 Giant Oak, Max Meadows, Virginia, 1956

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NW 1643 Giant Oak, Max Meadows, Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: March 6, 2015

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Luray Crossing, Luray, Virginia, 1956

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Luray Crossing, Luray, Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: February 19, 2015

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Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special, Gets a , 1957

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Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special, Gets a , 1957

Sale Date: February 19, 2015

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S1 Switching Locomotive, NW. Panoramic, 1980

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S1 Switching Locomotive, NW. Panoramic, 1980

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, VA, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, VA, 1956

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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NW Giant Oak, Max Meadows, Virginia, 1956

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NW Giant Oak, Max Meadows, Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: November 21, 2014

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Carousel, 1949

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Carousel, 1949

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Giant oak at Max Meadows, Virginia, 1957

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Giant oak at Max Meadows, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

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Swimming pool at Welch, West Virginia, 1958

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Swimming pool at Welch, West Virginia, 1958

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

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Sometimes the electricity fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

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Sometimes the electricity fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

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Main Line on Main Street, Norfolk, West..., 1958

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Main Line on Main Street, Norfolk, West..., 1958

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

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Hot Shot East Bound, Laeger, West Virginia, 1956

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Hot Shot East Bound, Laeger, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

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The Swimming Pool at Welch, West Virginia, 1958

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The Swimming Pool at Welch, West Virginia, 1958

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

O. Winston Link

Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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