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[richardspringett]

Photos Conrath of 42 Rue Saint Georges Nanacy were an active photo agency in the 60`s; especially Swiss events....

Can anyone tell what happened to their archive/photo library?

Thanks Richard

[Haine Kane]

Photos Conrath of 42 Rue Saint Georges Nanacy were an active photo agency in the 60`s; especially Swiss events....

Can anyone tell what happened to their archive/photo library?

Thanks Richard

Hello Richard,

Adolphe CONRATH is die in 1996, and his fantastics pics are now in the Michel HOMMEL collection.

Christian COURTEL have write 5 books about CONRATH archives (about 260 pages - 700 pics each)

- Course de Côte de TURKHEIM 1956-1994
- Année 68 une saison de sport automobile en France
- les Grandes Heures du TOUR AUTO 1958-1980
- Critérium des Cévennes 1964-1980
- les beaux dimanchesde MONTLHERY 1962-1969

Follow this link about the last book : http://memoiresdesta...adolphe conrath

Regards.

[richardspringett]

Hi Haine

Thanks for that info - really helpful.

Do you have contact details Michel Hommel?

Richard

[AMICALEMANS]

Hi Haine

Thanks for that info - really helpful.

Do you have contact details Michel Hommel?

Richard

It is Hommell with two L


Michel Hommell is the publisher of Auto Hebdo, Echappement, Auto Modelisme.... a businesman.... see here : http://www.autohebdo.fr/ or here http://fr.wikipedia...._Michel_Hommell

he owns also http://www.manoir-au...lcome/index.php

Edited by AMICALEMANS, 13 May 2010 - 15:03.

[richardspringett]

Hi Amicalemans

Thanks for that clarification - I wondered if `L` was `LL`.

Looks to be a serious collector!

Richard

[Alan Cox]

I managed to pick up a copy of "Les heureux dimanches de Montlhery", referred to in Haine Kaine's second post above, from the Echappement stand at Angouleme last weekend. They were selling it at the reduced price of 15 euros and I can thoroughly recommend it if any of you can find a local source of supply. It covers the years 1962-1969 with 272 closely-packed pages of high quality B&W photos and includes sports, GT, touring, FJ, F3 as well as French formulae and incudes many pics of up-and-coming French drivers in their early days.

http://www.hommell-m.../kiosk/vpc.html