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DISCLAIMER: Although I am a car guy this is not solely a car blog. I will talk cars, but this is also a blog about how I view the world. Just ask my mom and she will tell you my first word was "car". I do have a slight fascination with them. Luckily I have a supportive family and a very understanding wife...

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Ron Kellogg Photo Archive...

The KELLOGG AUTO ARCHIVES is a collection of over 1 million negatives, rare movie footage that covers almost 100 years of motor sports, automotive production and design. As a young man, Mr. Kellogg fell in love with the automobile, owning over 300 cars, and having a few coach built cars in the last several years, design has been at the top. At age 16, owning an XK120 Jag Coupe in high school helped the fire inside for more speed and style. Ron Kellogg would attend all the races he could, Sports Cars, Indy Cars, Sprint Cars, Midgets, & Stock Cars. Seeing history in front of him with his camera in hand this period of time must be saved. As time went on it has become a search for the best that I could afford to purchase as much from those professionals that made their living from the sport of racing. After over 60 years, the time has come to share this treasure of images, from such greats as Dean Batchelor, the Dean standard that all great photographers try to follow, WWII Hero, Hot Rod driver, builder, and designer, author, book publisher, and if you win “The Dean Batchelor Award” by the MOTOR PRESS GUILD, you have arrived. Next we have Ralph Poole and Jack Brady, these too are in a class by themselves, considered the ANSEL ADAMS of motor sports, images to make a grown person feel like they're in the action; and then there is Dwight Vaccaro, an official photographer for USAC from 1955 to 2003, what can be said about a treasure of 200,000 plus images of races and drivers thru that great time when a driver was the major force in a race cars performance.

For more check it out here

2 comments:

Shaun said...

Hey thanks for writing a small section about KelloggAutoArchives.com!
This is Shaun Kellogg from Kellogg Auto Archives just saying thanks for some well needed support.

ryan said...

No problem. There are so many great photos and history there. Glad I could give you a plug.

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