Cashier Greek Blackard Worked Well Past Banker's Hours to Pose with No. 42
Artist
O. Winston Link
(American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1957
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 5/8 × 19 1/2 in. (39.7 × 49.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 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 number2023.26.14
On View
Not on viewLabel TextO. Winston Link American, 1914–2001 top Troy Humphries and Bernie Cliff in the Waynesboro Station, 1955 Gelatin silver print (photograph) bottom Cashier Greek Blackard Worked Well Past Banker’s Hours to Pose with No. 42, 1957 Gelatin silver print (photograph) When O. Winston Link began taking photographs of steam engines in 1955, he was making pictures of the past. The Norfolk & Western Line had just announced its plans to convert to diesel power and decommission its outdated coal-burning “Iron Horses.” Link’s nostalgic images of trains rushing along the rails are now highly admired (an example can be seen near the entrance of this gallery). Less well known are the photographs made in the train stations and depots, which offer a different take on time. Although the scenes suggest a simpler age, they highlight modern efficiency. In nearly every exposure, Link captures a clock, suggesting the workers’ commitment to getting the trains in on time. Promised gifts of David and Susan Goode L2004.11.6, L2004.11.84 Exhibition History"Photographs Take Time: Pictures from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 6 - August 26, 2018.Published ReferencesPhotographs by O. Winston Link, text by Timothy Hensley, _Steam, Steel & Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad_ (New York: Abrams, 1987), 95.
