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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Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special, Gets a , 1975

O. Winston Link

Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special, Gets a , 1975

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Highball for the Double Header, 1954

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Highball for the Double Header, 1954

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Selected Images (2 works), 1955–1956

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Selected Images (2 works), 1955–1956

Sale Date: September 30, 2014

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NW1103, Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger..., 1956

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NW1103, Hot Shot Eastbound at the Iaeger..., 1956

Sale Date: October 1, 2014

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Main Line on Main Street, Northfolk, West..., 1982

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Main Line on Main Street, Northfolk, West..., 1982

Sale Date: September 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: May 16, 2014

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: May 16, 2014

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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: April 29, 2014

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Hot shot, eastbound at the Iager drive-in,..., 1956

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Hot shot, eastbound at the Iager drive-in,..., 1956

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1955

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1955

Sale Date: April 17, 2014

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NW 609. Watering the 104, Bristol..., 1955

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NW 609. Watering the 104, Bristol..., 1955

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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NW 1345 - Ghost Town, Stanley, Virginia, 1957

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NW 1345 - Ghost Town, Stanley, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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NW, 1635, The Birmingham Special Gets the..., 1635

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NW, 1635, The Birmingham Special Gets the..., 1635

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

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Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957

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Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: April 2, 2014

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Hot Shot, Eastbound at the Iager drive-in,..., 1956

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Hot Shot, Eastbound at the Iager drive-in,..., 1956

Sale Date: April 3, 2014

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Washing J Class 605 at Schaffer's Crossing, 1955

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Washing J Class 605 at Schaffer's Crossing, 1955

Sale Date: March 19, 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: February 27, 2014

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Main Line on Main Street, North Fork, West..., 1966

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Main Line on Main Street, North Fork, West..., 1966

Sale Date: February 27, 2014

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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 27, 2014

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Hot Shot, Eastbound, West Virginia, 1956

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Hot Shot, Eastbound, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: January 31, 2014

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Virginia Creeper Crossing Bridge 52, New..., 1955

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Virginia Creeper Crossing Bridge 52, New..., 1955

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

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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: December 12, 2013

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Maud Bows to the Virginia Creeper, Green..., 1956

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Maud Bows to the Virginia Creeper, Green..., 1956

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

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