O. Winston Link

In 1955, photographer O. Winston Link embarked on a project to capture the waning days of steam-powered trains in America, photographing the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last rail line to convert from steam to diesel. Link chose to shoot these photographs at night, treating the rail yards and crossings like sets, lighting them with massive chains of flashbulbs that were set off just as the train steamed through. For five years Link traveled along the N&W lines, documenting a monumental technology in its twilight years. The dramatic images he created tell the story not just of the trains but of the communities that surrounded the rail lines.

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O. WINSTON LINK (American, 1914–2001) Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia gelatin silver print sight: 15 1/4 x 19 in., frame: 21 1/4 x 25 in. $5,000–7,000

O. WINSTON LINK (American, 1914–2001) Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, Luray, Virginia gelatin silver print signed and dated by artist verso 19 x 15 in., frame: 28 x 23 1/2 in. $5,000–7,000

O. WINSTON LINK (American, 1914–2001)

Boaz Pusher Siding, East of Roanoke 1958, bromoil gelatin silver print signed, dated, and stamped verso by artist sight: 15 1/8 x 19 in., frame: 21 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. $2,500–3,500

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BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898–1991)

Willow and Poplar Street, Brooklyn gelatin silver print

8 x 10 in., frame: 14 3/4 x 16 1/4 in.

$1,500–2,500

Provenance: Property of a Private Maine Collection.

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EDWARD STEICHEN (American, 1879–1973)

Flatiron Building photogravure

13 x 10 in., frame: 20 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.

$500–800

Provenance: Property of a Private Maine Collection.

Three Photographs from a Panorama depicting The Great Boston Fire of 1872 comprising three works inscribed:

Panorama, View No. 2, Taken from the New Post Office looking East. Photograph taken 3 days after the fire in Boston, Nov. 9/72 each approx. 13 x 17 in., each frame: 21 x 25 in.

Panorama, View No. 4, from top of New Post Office, 3 days after the fire–Boston, Nov. 9 1872–looking South Panorama, View No. 5, from top of the New Post Office looking S.W. after the fire at Boston Nov 9 1872.

$3,000–5,000

Provenance: The collection of Jeremy and Hanne Grantham, Boston.

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EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (American, 1868–1952)

Piki Maker gelatin silver print signed Curtis lower right 8 x 5 7/8 in., frame: 16 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.

$2,000–4,000

Provenance: Property of a Private Maine Collection.

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EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS

(American, 1868–1952)

Maid of Dreams gelatin silver print plate: 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in., frame: 18 x 15 3/4 in.

$2,000–3,000

Provenance: Property of a Private Maine Collection.

EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS (American, 1868–1952)

Chief Hector–Assiniboin photogravure plate: 17 1/4 x 13 in., frame: 23 1/2 x 19 in.

Launching the Whaleboat, Cape Prince of Wales photogravure plate: 13 1/2 x 17 in., frame: 24 x 26 1/2 in. $1,000–1,500

Provenance: Property of a Private Maine Collection.