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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Margaret Harvest

Owner: W. A. Chellis
Driver: Chellis
Race: F. P. Fox Stake Three Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-1934
Margaret Harvester

Owner: Harley Day
Driver: Day
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 10-31-1936
Margaret Harvester wins 1st race

Owner: Harley M. Day
Driver: Day
Race: Gayton Crowley Chevrolet Inc. Race
Date: 9-7-1937
Margaret L.

Owner: I. Talon
Driver: Cummings
Race: West Oxford Agricultural Society, Fryeburg, Maine
Date: 10-5-1939
Margaret L.

Owner: I. Talon
Driver: Cummings
Race: West Oxford Agricultural Society, Fryeburg, Maine
Date: 10-5-1939
Margaret Lee Frisco

Owner: W. Andrews
Driver: Porter
Race: Special Trot
Date: 7-26-1940
Margaret McGregor

Owner: Charles Proctor
Driver: Chappelle
Race: Classified Trot
Date: 7-5-1939
Margaret McGregor wins

Owner: Charles Proctor
Driver: Snell
Race: Cumberland Fair Races
Date: 9-23-1939
Margaret's Sun

Owner:
Driver:
Race: Classified One Mile Pace
Date: 7-20-1935
Margaret's Sun

Owner: F. Angel
Driver: Angel
Race: 2.08 Bar Pace
Date: 7-4-1941
Margaret Vonian

Owner: J. E. Crosbie
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: Non Winners of this Meeting Pace
Date: 8-5-1933
Margaret Wilkes

Owner: A. M. Stratton
Driver: A. M. Stratton
Race:
Date: September 2013
Margaret Wilkes

Owner: A. M. Stratton
Driver: A. M. Stratton
Race:
Date: September 2013
Marguerite Protector

Owner: James Phalen
Driver: Phalen
Race: 2.25 Pace
Date: 10-13-1936
Marguerite Protector [Margaret Protector]

Owner: James Phalen
Driver: Phalen
Race: 2.24 Pace
Date: 9-26-1936
Marianna

Owner: H. Stacy Smith
Driver: W. Hodson
Race: Non Winners of Two Races on Grand Circuit Trot
Date: 8-5-1933