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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NW792 link and Thom with night flash equipment, 1956

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NW792 link and Thom with night flash equipment, 1956

Sale Date: October 4, 2011

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Waiting for the creeper, 1984

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Waiting for the creeper, 1984

Sale Date: September 12, 2011

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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: July 19, 2011

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Hot shot eastbound, lager, West Virginia, 1956

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Hot shot eastbound, lager, West Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: June 9, 2011

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Coal extra, Montgomery tunnel, west of..., 1955

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Coal extra, Montgomery tunnel, west of..., 1955

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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NW1634, Birmingham special at Rural Retreat, , 1957

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NW1634, Birmingham special at Rural Retreat, , 1957

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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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: May 19, 2011

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Kiosk subway entrance, 1949

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Kiosk subway entrance, 1949

Sale Date: April 30, 2011

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Washing J. class 605

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Washing J. class 605

Sale Date: April 30, 2011

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Carousel, 1949

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Carousel, 1949

Sale Date: April 30, 2011

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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: April 30, 2011

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Summer evening, Lithis, Virginia

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Summer evening, Lithis, Virginia

Sale Date: April 30, 2011

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The Popes and the last steam passenger train, 1957

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The Popes and the last steam passenger train, 1957

Sale Date: April 30, 2011

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NW 1230 Maud bows to Virginia creeper, green core

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NW 1230 Maud bows to Virginia creeper, green core

Sale Date: April 30, 2011

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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 17, 2011

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: May 2, 2011

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Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

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Hot shot eastbound, Iager, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: May 10, 2011

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Sometimes electricity fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

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Sometimes electricity fails, Vesuvius,..., 1956

Sale Date: April 7, 2011

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Nw1635, Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat, , 1957

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Nw1635, Birmingham Special at Rural Retreat, , 1957

Sale Date: April 9, 2011

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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: April 9, 2011

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Selected images (79 works), 1955–1958

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Selected images (79 works), 1955–1958

Sale Date: April 8, 2011

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The Birmingham Special gets the highball at..., 1957

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The Birmingham Special gets the highball at..., 1957

Sale Date: April 13, 2011

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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 6, 2011

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Ghost town, Stanley, Virginia, 1957

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Ghost town, Stanley, Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: March 24, 2011

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