New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2005.

Cracked Window: Troy Humphries at the Waynesboro Station, Waynesboro, Virginia

Artist O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2001)

CultureAmerican

Date1955

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 19 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (49.5 × 39.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 7/8 × 15 9/16 in. (50.5 × 39.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 28 5/8 × 24 1/8 in. (72.7 × 61.3 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated by the artist in pencil on the verso of the print. Artist's Studio stamp on the verso of the print.

Credit LineGift of Susan and David Goode

Object number2021.50.3

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a black and white photograph of a man working at train station office. Foreground is a cracked glass window.

Label TextCRACKED WINDOW: TROY HUMPHRIES AT THE WAYNESBORO STATION Waynesboro, Virginia, 1955 L2004.11.3 In mid-April, 1955, Winston Link returned to Virginia for his second trip to photograph the Norfolk and Western Railway. He returned to Waynesboro, Virginia, again, to make photos for the third time at the Waynesboro station. Link loved the interior of the station agent's office, with its ancient fittings, and made the photograph of night agent Troy Humphries through the cracked glass of the station window. Here is Winston Link's description of the scene: This photo was made in April of 1955-as of August 1956, the crack had not improved, only more tape was added. Some time later, the entire station and office was torn down without a trace of any part of this favorite location [remaining]. Edited By: DS Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 07/25/2005Exhibition History"Norfolk and Western Railway Photographs by O. Winston Link," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., July 1 - December 31, 2005. Published ReferencesPhotographs by O. Winston Link, text by Timothy Hensley, _Steam, Steel & Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad_ (New York: Abrams, 1987), 18.