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)
Train No. 17, the Birmingham Special, gets a , 1957

O. Winston Link

Train No. 17, the Birmingham Special, gets a , 1957

Sale Date: October 17, 2013

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 17, 2013

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Selected images (2 works), 1955–1956

O. Winston Link

Selected images (2 works), 1955–1956

Sale Date: October 2, 2013

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Hot Shot eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

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Hot Shot eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: October 2, 2013

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Norfolk & Western Engine Class, S1a, No. 26, 1958

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Norfolk & Western Engine Class, S1a, No. 26, 1958

Sale Date: October 3, 2013

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Ghost train, Pullmann extra, Norfolk Virginia, 1955

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Ghost train, Pullmann extra, Norfolk Virginia, 1955

Sale Date: May 24, 2013

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, VA, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, VA, 1956

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Policeman Weldon Painter Patrols the Main..., 1956

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Policeman Weldon Painter Patrols the Main..., 1956

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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

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

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Swimming Pool, Welch, West Virginia, 1958

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Swimming Pool, Welch, West Virginia, 1958

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1955

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1955

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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Link and Thom and night flash equipment, 1956

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Link and Thom and night flash equipment, 1956

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Washing Class J 605, Shaeffers Crossing, 1955

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Washing Class J 605, Shaeffers Crossing, 1955

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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The Pelican at Rural Retreat, VA, 1955

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The Pelican at Rural Retreat, VA, 1955

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Howard Ruble, Engineer of Train No. 2,..., 1950–1959

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Howard Ruble, Engineer of Train No. 2,..., 1950–1959

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Untitled Norfolk and Western 382..., 1950–1959

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Untitled Norfolk and Western 382..., 1950–1959

Sale Date: April 8, 2013

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1955

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1955

Sale Date: February 26, 2013

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The Popes, 1957

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The Popes, 1957

Sale Date: November 11, 2012

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole/Printed later, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole/Printed later, 1956

Sale Date: November 11, 2012

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Hot Shot, Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virgina, 1956

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Hot Shot, Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virgina, 1956

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Washing J Class 605, West Virginia, 1955

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Washing J Class 605, West Virginia, 1955

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole with No. 96..., 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole with No. 96..., 1956

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Montgomery Tunnel Near Christiansburg,..., 1957

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Montgomery Tunnel Near Christiansburg,..., 1957

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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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: November 17, 2012

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