Charlie Dolinger, White Top's Mailman, Waiting with the Day's Mail, White Top, Virginia
Artist
O. Winston Link
(American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 19 7/16 × 15 9/16 in. (49.4 × 39.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 28 1/2 × 24 1/16 in. (72.4 × 61.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 28 1/2 × 24 1/16 in. (72.4 × 61.1 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 number2021.50.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a black and white photograph of a man in a hat standing in front of a sign.Label TextCHARLIE DOLINGER, WHITE TOP'S MAILMAN, WAITING WITH THE DAY'S MAIL White Top, Virginia, 1955 L2004.11.4 Train 202 was scheduled to arrive at White Top northbound at 1:06 P.M. but often arrived hours late. Whenever it did arrive, Charlie Dolinger, White Top's mailman was waiting with the days mail. 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 Thomas H. Garver, _The Last Steam Railroad In America: From Tidewater To Whitetop_ (New York: H.N. Abrams, 1995), 123.
