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

Abingdon Branch, Joe Dollar waits for the Creeper, Near Warrenville, North Carolina

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

CultureAmerican

Date1956

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 5/8 × 19 7/16 in. (39.7 × 49.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 × 28 1/8 in. (63.5 × 71.4 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 number2022.31.21

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print.

Label TextO. Winston Link American (1914-2001) ABINGDON BRANCH, JOE DOLLAR WAITS FOR THE CREEPER Near Warrenville, North Carolina, 1956 L2004.11.56 October 22, 1956 was rainy, but for Winston Link, the rain and mist only added to the atmosphere of the landscape through which the Virginia Creeper passed. As Link was setting up to capture the Creeper crossing this modest country road, 15 year-old Joe Dollar pedaled up. For Link, Dollar was that necessary bit of humanity that added vitality to the image and Link asked him to get into the picture. Moments later, Train No. 202 northbound, pulled by Class M 382 with bell ringing and whistle blowing, crossed the road. Edited By: DS Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 07/25/2005ProvenanceRobert Mann Gallery to Susan and David Goode to CMA.Exhibition 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 ReferencesGhost Trains: Railroad Photographs of the 1950s (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1983). This booklet accompanied the exhibition of Link's works at the Chysler. It includes some of Link's recordings on an 8" 33 RPM and data on all the photos. Night Tick by O. Winston Link: Photographs of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1955-60 (London: The Photographers' Gallery, 1983) Tim Hansley and O. Winston Link, Stream, Steel, and Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987) Anthony Korner, "The Night Owl," Artforum 27, no. 27, no. 9 (May 1989): 141-146 O. Winston Link and Thomas H. Garver, The Last Steam Railroad in America, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995)