O. Winston Link 1914-2001

signed and dated by the photographer and annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil and with the photographer's copyright stamp, numbered 'NW1103' in an unidentified hand in ink, on the reverse, matted, 1957, printed in 1983 (Steam, Steel & Stars, pp. 124-5; American Photography, 1890-1965, p. 232; George Eastman House, Taschen, p. 232; Hallmark, p. 367)

This photograph, on lightly-textured, matte surface paper, is in generally excellent condition. In high raking light the following are visible: a faint, 8-inch, diagonal linear scuff, not breaking the emulsion, at the bottom right quadrant; and a light impression of the photographer's signature in the bottom right corner. There are three 2½-inch strips of linen tape adhered to the top edge of the print on the reverse.
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