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1. A Link to Railroads Past - August 1992

   A newspaper article published in Seniors, a monthly guide for seniors in the Roanoke Valley, about O. Winston Link's love for trains and his passion for taking photographs of them.

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2. A Link to Railroads Past - August 1992

   Article in Seniors Magazine about O. Winston Link who had recently visited Roanoke for the dedication of the new Norfolk Southern Corporation building in which about 30 of his photographs were hung. The article, which contains a photograph of Link on the cover, focuses on his project to photograph steam locomotives in the 1950's and mentions his earlier work in commercial photography and his passions and current projects.

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3. A Link to Railroads Past - August 1992

   Article in Seniors Magazine about O. Winston Link who had recently visited Roanoke for the dedication of the new Norfolk Southern Corporation building in which about 30 of his photographs were hung. The article, which contains a photograph of Link on the cover, focuses on his project to photograph steam locomotives in the 1950's and mentions his earlier work in commercial photography and his passions and current projects.

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Link to the Past - January 8, 2004

   Article published in the Wytheville Enterprise just prior to the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. The article discusses the background on the gift of a sponsorship of a Link print in the museum made to a Roanoke-area resident with ties to Wythe County.

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5. Photo Gallery International Guest Sign-In Sheets - August 3 - September 3, 1993

   Photo Gallery International; a guest sign-in book from an exhibition called "Night Trick" , held in Japan, August 3 - September 3, 1993. The book has plastic top-loading sleeves with 26 pages of signatures of Japanese visitors, a program, and two articles related to the exhibition. Also included is a letter dated September 23, 1993 to O. Winston Link from Robert Mann, of Robert Mann Gallery, 42 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021. One enclosur...

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6. Photograph View: Is It Just the Thing Depicted? - August 28, 1983

   Article published in the New York Times and dated August 28, 1983. The author uses the photographic exhibit, "The American Image", on display at the International Center of Photography in New York, to discuss the issue of whether photographs are art. The article contains O. Winston Link's photograph "Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia".

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7. Rural Retreat Station - Rural Retreat Station with boy on bicycle.

   OWL2007.08.462

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8. Steam Engine Savior - September 26, 1996

   Article in The Lewisboro Ledger (NY) in conjunction with an exhibition of O. Winston Link prints at the Candace Perich Gallery in Katonah, New York. Based on an interview with Mr. Link, the article covers Mr. Link's fascination with trains from childhood, his career in commercial photography, his project to photograph steam locomotives in the 1960's, and the theft of his prints by his ex-wife. The article includes a photograph of O. Winston Link...

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9. Steam Engine Savior - September 26, 1996

   Article in The Lewisboro Ledger (NY) in conjunction with an exhibition of O. Winston Link prints at the Candace Perich Gallery in Katonah, New York. Based on an interview with Mr. Link, the article covers Mr. Link's fascination with trains from childhood, his career in commercial photography, his project to photograph steam locomotives in the 1960's, and the theft of his prints by his ex-wife. The article includes a photograph of O. Winston Link...

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10. The Birmingham Special Gets The Highball At Rural Retreat, Virginia - The Birmingham Special Gets the highball at Rural Retreat, Virginia. The man holding the light is C. L. Akers. Used in Steam Steel & Stars. p.87.

    OWL2007.04.1634

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11. The Birmingham Special Gets The Highball At Rural Retreat, Virginia - The Birmingham Speical gets the highball at Rural Retreat, Virginia. The man holding the light is C. L. Akers.

    OWL2007.04.1635

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12. The Pelican Arrives In Rural Retreat, Virginia - The Pelican, Train No. 42, east and northbound, arrives in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Used as "Christmas Eve" photo, but was made two days later, on the Fading Giant LP, Box set CD Fading Giant p.14. Person holding light is J. L. Akers.

    OWL2007.04.1633

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13. The Pelican Arrives In Rural Retreat, Virginia - Train No. 42, The Pelican, stopping at Rural Retreat. Locomotive 603.

    OWL2007.04.1632

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14. Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special Arriving Rural retreat - Train No. 17 arriving Rural Retreat, similar to NW 1629. Dallas Newman and Mary Elizabeth of Rural Retreat are on the platform.

    OWL2007.04.1629

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15. Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special, Arriving Rural Retreat - Train No. 17, the Birmingham Special, arriving Rural Retreat. Dallas R. Newman and his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, of Rural Retreat, are on the platform.

    OWL2007.04.1628

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16. Train No. 17, The Birmingham Special, Gets a Highball - Train No. 17, the Birmingham Special, gets a Highball at rural Retreat, Virginia. In what has become one of Winston Link's best known photos, station agent J.L. Akers gives the Birmingham Special a highball, the signal to proceed, at Rural Retreat. The date is December 27, 1957, and steam powered passenger service ended on the Bristol line of the Radford Division less than a week later. The Birmingham Special would have passed through Rural Retreat about 11:30 p.m. The movement of the train from left to right in the picture cuts off a major source of light, so one side of the station is in almost complete darkness, which emphasizes the drama of the figure giving the engineer the signal to proceed. Link originally set up here to photograph Train No. 42, The Pelican, eastbound from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York City, which, moving in the opposite direction, stopped in rural Retreat at 9:43 p.m. This was the train Link recorded in his most famous sound sequence of Christmas carols coming from the Lutheran Church as The Pelican arrived and departed.

    OWL2002.08.23

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17. Train No. 41, The Pelican Passing Rural Retreat - Train No. 42, The Pelican, passing Rural Retreat.

    OWL2007.04.1630

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18. Train No. 42, The Pelican Passing Rural Retreat - Train No. 42, The Pelican Passing Rural Retreat.

    OWL2007.04.1631

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19. Two Moments of Genius - August 6, 1993

    Article in The Daily Yomiuri about a collection of 31 prints by O. Winston Link which was display at the Photo Gallery International, Tokyo. Mr. Link's prints were 1 of 2 exhibits then on display which the author said would ensure the artist a place in photography Heaven. The article discusses Mr. Link's project to preserve in photographs the end of the steam locomotive era and describes the prints as surreal, startling, and true documents. The ...

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20. Two Moments of Genius - August 6, 1993

    Article in The Daily Yomiuri about a collection of 31 of O. Winston Link's prints which were on display at the Photo Gallery International, Tokyo. Mr. Link's prints were 1 of 2 exhibits then on display which the author said would ensure the artist a place in photography Heaven. The article discusses Mr. Link's project to preserve in photographs the end of the steam locomotive era and describes the prints as surreal, startling, and true documents...

    Record Type: Archive