O. Winston Link

signed, dated, and annotated in pencil and with the photographer's copyright/credit/reproduction rights stamp, numbered in ink, on the reverse, framed, 1957, printed in 1998 (Steam, Steel, and Stars, pp. 86-7)

This print is in generally excellent condition. In high raking light, a slight, soft crease that does not appear to break the emulsion is visible in the upper left portion of the image. On the reverse, the following notations are written in pencil: 'AC 8 16 4 1/2'; '1-30-1998'; 'AC 4 1/2'; '1-98'; and 'NW 1635' [twice]. The annotation 'NW 1635' has been written by the photographer in ink on his studio/copyright/reproduction rights stamp. Based on the annotations '1-98' and '1-30-1998' underneath the photographer's signature and in the upper left corner on the reverse, we believe the printing date to be January of 1998.
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