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)
Washing J Class 605, West Virginia, 1955

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Washing J Class 605, West Virginia, 1955

Sale Date: November 5, 2012

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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 9, 2012

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Summer Evening, Lithia, Virginia, 1950–1959

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Summer Evening, Lithia, Virginia, 1950–1959

Sale Date: November 1, 2012

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The Fast Mail, 1950–1959

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The Fast Mail, 1950–1959

Sale Date: November 1, 2012

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

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

Sale Date: November 1, 2012

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Highball for the Double Header, 1959

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Highball for the Double Header, 1959

Sale Date: October 4, 2012

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NW1107, Arcadia, Virginia, Bridge 425,..., 1956

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NW1107, Arcadia, Virginia, Bridge 425,..., 1956

Sale Date: October 2, 2012

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Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

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Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 5, 2012

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Train no. 17 crosses bridge 201, Wurno Siding, 1957

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Train no. 17 crosses bridge 201, Wurno Siding, 1957

Sale Date: September 19, 2012

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The Popes, 1957

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The Popes, 1957

Sale Date: June 9, 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: June 9, 2012

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The Popes and the last steam passenger, 1950–1959

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The Popes and the last steam passenger, 1950–1959

Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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Maud bows to Virginia Creeper, Green Cove, 1950–1959

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Maud bows to Virginia Creeper, Green Cove, 1950–1959

Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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Highball for the double header, 1959

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Highball for the double header, 1959

Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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Ghost train, Pullman Extra, Norfolk, Virginia, 1955

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Ghost train, Pullman Extra, Norfolk, Virginia, 1955

Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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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: May 23, 2012

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Sometimes Electricity Fails, Vesuvius, VA, 1956

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Sometimes Electricity Fails, Vesuvius, VA, 1956

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: May 17, 2012

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Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

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Hotshot, Eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: May 8, 2012

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Schaffer's Crossing, 1955

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Schaffer's Crossing, 1955

Sale Date: May 1, 2012

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A Summer Evening, Lithia, Virginia, 1955

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A Summer Evening, Lithia, Virginia, 1955

Sale Date: May 1, 2012

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Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger Drive-In, 1956

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Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger Drive-In, 1956

Sale Date: May 1, 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: April 23, 2012

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Carousel, 1949

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Carousel, 1949

Sale Date: April 4, 2012

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