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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<b>Lady Patch</b> winning from Sparkle
Owner: C. B. Ross
Driver: Unknown
Race: Free for All, Mixed
Date: 10-2-1930 -
Lady Win
Owner: Moon-Parrish Stable
Driver: H. Stone
Race: 2.06 Pace Horses with Record of 2.06 1-4 to 2.10
Date: 7-17-1939 -
Lady Zombelle
Owner: Mahlon Haines
Driver: D. Miller
Race: Three Year Olds Trotting Fillies
Date: 7-13-1939 -
Lady Zombelle
Owner: Mahlon Haines
Driver: D. Miller
Race: Three Year Olds Trotting Fillies
Date: 7-13-1939 -
LaRita Frisco
Owner: Mrs. L. O. Lovell
Driver: C. Lovell
Race: Cushman Baking Co. 2.14 Trot and Pace
Date: 8-8-1935 -
Larkspur
Owner: Wedgemere Stable
Driver: T. Ackerman
Race: Foals of 1927 Trotting 2-in-5
Date: 7-2-1930 -
Laurel Hanover
Owner: Sullivan & Mawhinney
Driver: W. Crozier
Race: The Old Orchard Free for All Pace
Date: 7-31-1936 -
Laurel Hill
Owner: G. H. Van Wickler
Driver: C. Hill
Race: Pine Tree Third Division Trot
Date: 7-21-1937 -
Laurel Nancy
Owner: W. B. Maxwell
Driver: A. Stout
Race: Non Winners of $1000 in 1933 Trot
Date: 8-5-1933 -
Laurel Nancy
Owner: W. B. Maxwell
Driver: A. Stout
Race: Non Winners of $1000 in 1933 Trot
Date: 8-5-1933
