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Helmer, David |
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Historical Society of Western Virginia Newsletter - January 2010
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Lonesome-Whistle Legacy on Film - December 30, 2003
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Museum honors railroad photographer - December 31, 2003
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Museum honors railroad photographer - December 31, 2003
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Museum Honors Railroad Photographer - December 31, 2003
Associated Press article published in the Greensboro News and Record about the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. It deals with Mr. Link's project to photograph steam locomotives and the creation of the museum.
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Museum's rail photos provide a link to Appalachia's past. - December 31, 2003
Newspaper article in the Chicago Tribune concerning the opening of the OWLM and the link to Appalachia's past.
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Museum to Display Railroad Photos - December 23, 2003
Article by Chris Kahn of the Associated Press prior to the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. The article, published on different days in several area newspapers, discusses Mr. Link's project to photograph steam locomotives and the museum. It includes interviews with David Helmer, Thomas Garver, and John Bradshaw.
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On The Other Side Of The Camera - August 8, 2000
Article in the Extra section of The Roanoke Times about a photographic shoot of O. Winston Link in Roanoke for Vanity Fair magazine. It includes several pictures of Link, including one with him sitting on the 1218, and quotes from David Helmer and Joan Thomas. The article also discusses the cooperation by Norfolk Southern to clean the engine, rig new lights, and move it a quarter of a mile for the photo shoot because Mr. Link wanted it to be in t...
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O. Winston Link Newsletter, Issue V - Winter 2003
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Roanoke Museum to Feature Railroad Photos - January 4, 2004
Newspaper article by Chris Kahn of the Associated Press published in the Raleigh News and Observer on January 4, 2004, prior to the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. The article includes interviews with David Helmer, John Bradshaw, and Thomas Garver. The article is accompanied by a note from Helen Barranger from Naples, Florida.
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Roanoke Spotlights Steam-train Era - Late 2003 - January 2004
Article by Chris Kahn of the Associated Press published in a Huntsville, Alabama newspaper about the planned opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. The article covers Mr. Link's project to photograph steam locomotives and the creation of the museum and briefly mentions the arrest of Mr. Link's second wife for allegedly stealing some of Mr. Link's photographs. It includes a picture of John Bradshaw and comments by Thomas Garver and Davi...
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Stained glass window plans, Window to the Rails - 2016
Photocopies of a final, to scale, plan for one section of lead stained glass windows, designed and installed in the O. Winston Link gift shop by Vermont artist Phil Godenschwager in June 2016. The plans were commissioned by Polly Carter, whose husband Jim Carter was a good friend of former NS executive and executive director of the O. Winston Link Museum David Helmer. This plan is incomplete, as it only includes the first full section of wind...
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The Man Did Not Think Small - December 7, 2003
A Roanoke Times article published approximately a month before the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. The article discusses the negotiations with Mr. Link to make the museum possible. It contains a photo of O. Winston Link posed on the 1218 steam locomotive taken as part of a photo shoot for a Vanity Fair magazine article in August 2000. (Article is on the same physical page as OWL2003.32.23.132.01).
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