Hester Fringer's Living Room on the Tracks, Lithia, Virginia
Artist
O. Winston Link
(American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1955
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 5/8 × 19 3/8 in. (39.7 × 49.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 25 × 28 in. (63.5 × 71.1 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 number2023.26.30
On View
Not on viewLabel TextO. Winston Link American (1914-2001) HESTER FRINGER'S LIVING ROOM ON THE TRACKS Lithia, Virginia, 1955 L2004.11.100 When Hester Fringer moved into an old house, in Lithia, Virginia, she immediately had a larger window put into the living room so she would have a better view of the passing trains. Here, her grandson, George Poulis, seems to have caught her spirit, as he gives a good wave to Train No. 2. His mother and the family pets take little notice of the rumble of the regularly passing trains, however. 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. "Norfolk and Western Railroad Photographs by O. Winston Link," Kaufman Theatre Lobby, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA., March 4, 2009 - October 18, 2009. Published ReferencesPhotographs by O. Winston Link, text by Timothy Hensley, _Steam, Steel & Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad_ (New York: Abrams, 1987), 72-73.