All Kendall Collection Images

Guy Kendall's Photography
Exploring Guy Kendall’s photographic work starting in 1924, the viewer watches the progression from posed still shots of horses with their trainer/drivers to action shots which capture the excitement of races at the finish line. Through the albums, one is able to watch the growth of relationships between Kendall and the horsemen and women of the southern Maine fair circuit as remote, documentary snaps of horses and drivers become intimate portraits both at the race track and on area farms.

Kendall’s career at the track was put on pause in 1928 as he courted and then married Ruth B. Bennett. Kendall’s work resumed in the album labeled 1930a, where it is possible to see a quantum leap in the quality of his composition from images that were simply a matter of record to those with genuine artistic flair.

According to his niece, Anne Kendall Holmbom, Kendall used a Graflex box camera and glass negatives to capture many of his early photographs. He developed, printed, and re-touched all his photographs personally in his studio located on Congress Street in Portland, Maine.

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Janie Scott [Jannie Scott]

Owner: Brierely & Perry
Driver: Crozier
Race: Pine Tree Circuit
Date: 7-1-1936
Jarvadale

Owner: E. M. Stout
Driver: Palin
Race: 2.09 Trot
Date: 7-16-1941
Jarvadale

Owner: E. M. Stout
Driver: Palin
Race: 2.09 Trot
Date: 7-16-1941
J.B. Ex

Owner: M. A. Bedard
Driver: G. Munz
Race: 2.09 Class Trot
Date: 7-7-1927
J. D. Direct

Owner: Ralph A. Jewell
Driver: McDonald
Race: 2.19 Pace
Date: 8-1932
J.D. Direct

Owner: R. A. Jewell
Driver: J. McDonald
Race: 2.21 Pace
Date: 8-18-1932
J.D. Direct wins from Wilma Scott and Sunrise

Owner: W. E. Taylor
Driver: Taylor
Race: 2.19 Pace
Date: 9-6-1932
J.D. Direct wins from Wilma Scott and Sunrise

Owner: Ralph A. Jewell
Driver: McDonald
Race: 2.19 Pace
Date: 9-6-1932
J.D. Direct wins from Wilma Scott and Sunrise

Owner: Joseph Robinson
Driver: Kingsley
Race: 2.19 Pace
Date: 9-6-1932
Jeanette Royal

Owner: George M. Rice
Driver: H. Bruisie
Race: 2.12 Class Pace
Date: 7-5-1927
Jeanette Royal

Owner: Allan J. Wilson
Driver: T. Bunch
Race: Free-for-All
Date: 7-2-1930
Jean Grattan — 2.05 1/4

Owner: Unknown
Driver: B. Sturgeon
Race: 2.12 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-8-1926
Jean Grattan — Turgeon up

Owner: Robert Trench
Driver: B. Sturgeon
Race: 2.07 Pace Class
Date: 7-4-1927
Jeanne Truax

Owner: Wilfred Dupont
Driver: Bisson
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 9-18-1936
Jeanne Truax

Owner: G. C. Tillottson
Driver: G. Rediker
Race: 2.17 Class Pace
Date: 9-26-1934
Jeanne Truax

Owner: W. DuPont
Driver: Bison
Race: Free for All Pace
Date: 10-11-1935