Ghost Train-Passenger, Norfolk, Virginia
Artist
O. Winston Link
(American, 1914-2001)
CultureAmerican
Date1955
MediumGelatin silver contact print
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 5 in. (10.2 x 12.7 cm)
InscribedLink's signature, hand stamp, and notations "NW 420," and a copyright hand stamp on verso; framed
Credit LineLoan from David and Susan Goode, with intent to give at a later date
Object numberL2005.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver contact print.Label TextO. Winston Link American (1914-2001) GHOST TRAIN-PASSENGER Norfolk, Virginia, 1955 L2005.1 This photograph, like its companion image, GHOST TRAIN-FREIGHT (see object L2004.11.70), was made the evening of September 2, 1955 near the N&W's Bridge 5, which crossed the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River. Please see that label for a complete description This is a contact print made directly from the original negative. It measures 4 x 5 inches and is the type of negative used by Link to make all of the photographs in this exhibition. A contact print is made by placing a negative on top of light sensitive photographic paper. After exposure to light, the paper is developed and fixed to make the print seen here. 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), 61.
