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1. Digital inkjet print taken from O. Winston Link's original negative. Engine 611 makes a turn around the bend, surrounded by a rainly landscape, a slight hill in the background.

   2019.29.31

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 1930s black velvet trained gown - 1930s black velvet evening gown with two trains, short sleeves in the shape of a bow, an open gathered V neck back and an opening at the chest that closes at the neck. There are snap closures on the left proper side as well as snap closures on the inside of the trains to clip them closed.

   1964.35.8

   Record Type: Object

   
3. 1950s metallic gown - Dark iridescent metallic threaded gown. This shimmery dress is sleeveless with a large bow shaping the neckline, a low back, and full but short train, and black silk sheer lining. It has snaps down the back at the waist.

   1964.35.16

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Bob Claytor and Graham Claytor - Photograph of two men in navy blue jumpsuits, each wearting a red hat. They stand in front of a large train. Identified as Bob Claytor an Graham Claytor.

   2011.17.02

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Burlington Locomotives: 50 years of Progress - c. 1933

   Black and white postcard with two locomotives pictured, plus schematics and comparison of the two in the lower right corner. At the top, text reads: 50 Years of Progress in Burlington Locomotives. On the reverse, the postcard has written at the left edge: This card furnished for mailing in the Postal Car on the Burlington's World's Fair Exhibition Train. The Burlington locomotive No. 35, which ran on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railr...

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Certificate - Library of Congress National Recording Registry

   Certificate from the National Recording Registry for the acceptance of O. Winston Link's Sounds of Steam Railroading recording, as part of their catalog and National Recording Registry.

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Detachable train, wedding dress - Trapezoidal shaped detachable wedding train with seed pearl beads at the smallest side. Made of heavy silk satin with liner as a think silk. Weights have been sewn into the bottom part of train. *Note - Train does not look to have been used. No wear and no way to attach train to dress.

   2018.23.05

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Early "Y" Class Mallet N&W No. 2068 - Norfolk and Western No. 2068 sitting on some tracks

   1964.59.6

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Hotshot Eastbound at the Iaeger Drive-In - Original O. Winston Link silver gelatin print of "Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia Drive-In." Image shows a couple seated in a Buick convertible viewing a movie at the drive-in theatre (an F86 Saber jet is on the screen), while an N&W steam train passes by in the right background. Image is taken at night. Note: This is THE orginal photograph the rest of the prints of NW 1103 were created from.

   2017.06

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Howard Fogg Christmas card to Marie Dudra from O. Winston Link - card - 1971

    Holiday card from O. Winston Link to Marie Dudra. A Train Card from the Learning Tree Publishing Co., in Boulder Colorado, the Christmas card features a painting by Howard Fogg on the front of a Colorado Midland No. 9 locomotive over a trestle bridge. White snowcapped mountains run in the background. On the interior is a little about the image and the glory days of the Colorado Midland. Link has written in blue ink the following message: ...

    Record Type: Archive

    
11. Letter to Marie Dudra from O. Winston Link - April 12, 1976

    Letter (a) on Republican party paper with a greyed out elephant and American flags at the left and right edges. Link wrote: Dear Miss Dudra - To let you know I enjoyed the "kitchen" & rice with nuts a couple of weeks ago. I was sure tired & I think rather ill as I found I was relaxed on the train and not a fighting mood. I hope I didn't bore you - You behaved well I must say - Love Winston Envelope (b) has an eagle with an Americ...

    Record Type: Archive

    
12. Library of Congress National Recording Registry

    Letter to the O. Winston Link Museum (and Mr. Link) from the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recording Sound Division - accepting Sounds of Steam Railroading as part of their catalog and National Recording Registry.

    Record Type: Archive

    
13. Men with train engine - Grainy photo of men standing in front of train engine. There is a cart holding lumber on the left side of the photo. There are storage cars attached to the engine.

    1964.59.9

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Montvale Depot - Photograph of the Montvale train depot, which sits raised slightly off the ground to meet the height of the freight train opposite the depot. An African American man sits on a barrell at the edge of the building on the platform, as others unload the freight. In the upper left corner, just out of sight, is a horse or ox drawn wagon. The area around the depot is dirt or gravel, and a mountain can be seen in the far left background.

    2023.39

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Overhead Bridge, South Norfolk - Black and white photograph of the overpass above the railroad tracks on Route 460, South Norfolk. Three separate tracks, two running parallel, and two others merging at a switch run under the newly constructed overpass. The overpass runs diagonally across the image. A shanty cabin stands to the left of the image under the pass, while a tower sits at the right before the overpass.

    2024.32.12

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Photo of Train Station - Photo is of a train station. Power lines can be seen in the foreground and a few people can be seen throughout the station.

    2020.20.08

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Powered By.... - Black and white digital inkjet print of a main crank rod connection on the Norfolk & Western Locomotive J Class 611, which was housed at the Roanoke Transportation Museum at Wasena Park before becoming the VIrginia Mueum of Transportation. Digital Inkjet, printed from a film negative

    2023.20.2

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Roanoke Booster Club - Photograph of several individuals in white pants and jackets with bucket hats, standing in front of locomotive 552. The locomotive is pulling several passenger cars with white handwritten letters: Roanoke Boosters. Two men hang from the doorway of the locomotive.

    1973.58.39.18

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Roanoke Machine Shops postcard - c. 1910

    Color tinted postcard of the Roanoke Machine Shops. Passenger trains fill the foreground of the postcard, with red tiled or tinned roofs of several low buildings in the background. Two smokestacks rise in the background in front of a mountain. Card was never sent, but was printed by S. H. Kress Co., New York.

    Record Type: Archive

    
20. Roanoke's First Electric Train - A black and white photograph of the first electric train running on the tracks below a neighborhood. The neighborhood sits up on a grassy hill. The train is made up of a locomotive, a caboose, and coal hoppers.

    1975.05.6

    Record Type: Photo