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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Hotshot Eastbound at the Drive-in Movie,..., 1956

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Hotshot Eastbound at the Drive-in Movie,..., 1956

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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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: January 27, 2022

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Washing J Class 605, Shaffers Crossing..., 1955

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Washing J Class 605, Shaffers Crossing..., 1955

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Hester Fringer's Living Room on the Tracks,...

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Hester Fringer's Living Room on the Tracks,...

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray Virginia,...

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray Virginia,...

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails, Vesuvius, VA,...

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Sometimes the Electricity Fails, Vesuvius, VA,...

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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WINSTON LINK 1914-2001, 1956

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WINSTON LINK 1914-2001, 1956

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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Train 16 Leaves Williamson * Coal Extra..., 1958

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Train 16 Leaves Williamson * Coal Extra..., 1958

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia, 1956

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Pope & Last Steam..., 1958

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Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Pope & Last Steam..., 1958

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, VA, 1958

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Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, VA, 1958

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Untitled, 1956

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Untitled, 1956

Sale Date: October 18, 2021

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Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger Drive-in, Iaeger, , 1956

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Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger Drive-in, Iaeger, , 1956

Sale Date: October 8, 2021

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, West..., 1956

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Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, West..., 1956

Sale Date: August 31, 2021

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"Hotshot", Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: August 31, 2021

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Highball for the Double Header, 1959

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Highball for the Double Header, 1959

Sale Date: July 28, 2021

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Swimming Pool, Welch, West Virginia, 1963

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Swimming Pool, Welch, West Virginia, 1963

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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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: May 27, 2021

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Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Pope & Last Steam..., 1957

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Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Pope & Last Steam..., 1957

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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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 27, 2021

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

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Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1957

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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HOTSHOT EASTBOUND, 1956

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HOTSHOT EASTBOUND, 1956

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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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: June 9, 2021

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