Purpose of the archive
The purpose of
this site is to encourage the preservation and sharing of early
car racing amateur photography, particularly colour transparencies
(slides) as well as black & white,
colour photos and film.
Not many professional colour images exist from the early days
because none of the publications at that time were printed in colour.
Therefore the only full living colour pictorial history of our great sport
lays dormant (and turning to mould !) in cupboards of the average
spectator. Worse still, it may be being thrown out !
Did you take any photos? Did your parents or
grandparents take car racing slides? Do you know where the
slides are now? They may only be distant, slightly blurred images,
but still precious.
Lets start to preserve our history now! You may already have
archived your own images and wish to share them on this site for everyone
to enjoy* Or you may just need to have your original slides or
photos digitally converted so you can easily view them and store them for
posterity. I can put images onto floppy disk or CD for you.
*Note: Images that appear on
this site must belong to you. The image rights can not belong
to someone else who owns the copyright. All images on this website
have been posted in good faith. Please let me know if you believe
your material has been used without your permission. |
How to contribute
Would like your slides or photos to be included
on this web site?
Please ask for the
special email address to send image files to, preferably JPEG
format.
If you do not have access to
scanning facilities, you may post the original images (ask for the
address) and they will be sent back by post promptly after
being scanned. It may be possible to arrange personal
pickup/delivery if you live in Melbourne.
Don't worry if you think your images are too blurred or distant to be
used, as they can be enhanced as the example below shows.
This image has had some of the background cut out, colour corrected
by removing the slight blue
cast and has been sharpened. Left click on the thumbnails to see
full sized images.
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Some
of the slides on the Photo Album page where taken by my father, Geoff,
who
I constantly pestered about taking the family along to the car races.
He did so despite the unavoidable daily commitments of being a dairy
farmer. A trip to Calder in winter meant getting up at 5am to milk
the cows in the cold, rain or fog !
He died in January 2001 after a long battle with cancer. I
dedicate this site to him. |
This picture (above) shows me having a look at the sad remains
of the
defunct Surfers Paradise Raceway in the late 1980's.
The place has since been flattened and redeveloped.
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