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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Jeanne Truax

Owner: Wilfred Dupont
Driver: Bisson
Race: 2.15 Pace
Date: 9-23-1936
Jeanne Truax wins 3rd Race

Owner: Wilfred Dupont
Driver: Bisson
Race: 2.13 Pace
Date: 10-13-1936
Jeanne Truax wins 5th Race

Owner: Wilfred Dupont
Driver: Bisson
Race: 2.15 Pace
Date: 10-8-1936
Jeff Penn

Owner: J. L. Phalen
Driver: Phalen
Race: Topsham Fair
Date: 10-10-1939
Jeff Penn wins 1st race

Owner: J. Phalen
Driver: Phalen
Race: Oxford County Agricultural Races
Date: 9-14-1939
Jeff Penn wins 2nd race

Owner: James L. Phalen
Driver: Phalen
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 7-3-1939
J. E. Henley

Owner: F. Knight
Driver: Knight
Race: 2.25 Pace
Date: 8-9-1937
Jennie Hanover

Owner: James Phalen
Driver:
Race:
Date: 7-1-1938
Jennie Hanover wins 2nd race

Owner: James L. Phalen
Driver: James Phalen
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 7-19-1940
Jennie H. — Pottle up

Owner: J. Howard Randall
Driver: Irving Pottle
Race: Free for All
Date: 8-12-1926
Jenny Hanover [Jennie Hanover]

Owner: James Phalen
Driver: Phalen
Race: Mid-Summer Races
Date: 7-8-1936
Jenny Hanover [Jennie Hanover]

Owner: James Phalen
Driver: Phalen
Race: Mid-Summer Races
Date: 7-8-1936
Jenny Hanover wins 3rd race

Owner: James L. Phalen
Driver: Phalen
Race: Classified Pace
Date: 7-1-1939
Jeremiah

Owner: Walter Britenfield
Driver: W. Britenfield
Race: 2.18 Class Trot
Date: 6-23-1936
Jeremiah

Owner: Guy Sims
Driver: Brietten
Race: Pine Tree Circuit
Date: 7-2-1936
Jeremiah wins 1st Race

Owner: Guy Sims
Driver: Brietten
Race: Pine Tree Circuit
Date: 7-2-1936