Historical Photos Project

[Jerry Hatfield]

Mary Scholfield and I are donating hundreds of pictures to the AMA Hall of Fame Museum. These are the Ken Scholfield collection. Ken was a professional photographer as well as a skilled speedway racer back in the 1930s. Scholfield did top notch work, mostly with a 4x5 camera. Many of his pictures appeared in "Motorcyclist" magazine from 1939 through 1941. Ken also left a couple of hundred negatives for which there are no positives.

The collection is priceless. Some of the racing stars are: Ed Kretz Sr., Ben Campanale, Jimmy Kelly, Sam Arena, Mario Stillo, and Armando Magri. Races include: Oakland 200, Hollister TT, Costa Mesa TT, Riverside half-mile, Hollister TT, and various hill climbs. Other topics include trick riding teams and movie stars on motorcycles.

Is there anyone in the AMCA who is in the photography profession or who is an experienced photo hobbiest and who might wish to help us make postives from the 200 or so negatives? At present, the commercial quotes we're getting are prohibitive. ($20 per negative for a high res scan!). Unfortunately, the digital age seems to have eliminated affordable 8x10 prints from 4x5 negatives. What I think we need are oldtime optical enlargements, a process which calls for skill and pride in workmanship, two attributes that seem to be casualties of the digital age.

[kunzog]

Just a thought, does your local college or high school have a Graphic Arts Class or Photography Club that may be interested to perform this task for a small fee?

[Jerry Hatfield]

Great suggestion! Thanks!

[oldstrokers]

Photo project

I have been collecting motorcycle panoramas for about 20 years
restoring them & reprinting them.
One of my ways to pay for pictures is to sell copies of the prints
and return the originals back to the owner.
I would be interested in helping you out

[Rub]

Did you by chance purchase a photo of Raton, New Mexico a couple of years ago? If so I would love a copy. Robbie

[Jerry Hatfield]

Re: Photo project

Originally posted by oldstrokers
I have been collecting motorcycle panoramas for about 20 years
restoring them & reprinting them.
One of my ways to pay for pictures is to sell copies of the prints
and return the originals back to the owner.
I would be interested in helping you out

Thanks. I think the Museum will want to be selling photos themselves, which would make your approach unapealing to them. We'll give it some thought, and thanks again.

[kval]

historical photos project

Jerry

why not donate those photos to the AMCA instead, we are a non-profit organization and any donation is tax deductable.
contact Steve Slocombe about how this is done.

[Jerry Hatfield]

Thanks for your suggestion. Both the AMCA and the Hall of Fame Museum are worthy. I opted for the Hall of Fame Museum because it's mission is equally devoted to people and motorcycles, whereas the main focus of the AMCA is rightfully the motorcycles.

[Jerry Hatfield]

Is there an AMCA member (or members) who can put me in contact with the original Orange County (California) Motorcycle Club? This is the club founded in the 1930s, not the similarly named club founded in the 1970s.

I need help in identifying race course and years. There are a lot of pictures which Ken Scholfield narrowed down to either Costa Mesa or San Pedro or Puente.