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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2005.
Conductor Aubrey Bradshaw and his Train, Norfolk, Virginia
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2005.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2005.

Conductor Aubrey Bradshaw and his Train, Norfolk, Virginia

Artist O. Winston Link (American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 9/16 × 19 7/16 in. (39.5 × 49.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 × 28 in. (63.5 × 71.1 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 number2022.31.33
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print.

Label TextO. Winston Link American (1914-2001) CONDUCTOR AUBREY BRADSHAW AND HIS TRAIN Norfolk, Virginia, 1955 L2004.11.68 "Captain" Aubrey Bradshaw, a conductor on the Norfolk to Roanoke trains, had been with the Norfolk and Western Railway for 43 years at the time this photograph was made. The conductor is in charge of the train, and Bradshaw reflects this proud responsibility as he stands before his immaculate cars in the Norfolk passenger terminal. 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)