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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Maxhall

Owner: W. H. Leese
Driver: W. Leese
Race: 2.11 Class Trot
Date: 8-2-1933
Maxie Alight

Owner: Sturgis & Card
Driver: Card
Race: Portland Fair Grounds 2.27 Class Trot or Pace Fair Race
Date: 8-22-1924
Maxine Abbe

Owner: E. C. Quinn
Driver: H. Goodhart
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-17-1940
Maxine Abbe wins 1st race

Owner: E. C. Quinn
Driver: H. Goodhart
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-17-1940
May Day C.

Owner: J. R. Ryan
Driver: H. Nay
Race: Classified One Mile Trot
Date: 7-20-1935
May E. Grattan [Mae E. Gratton]

Owner: Walter Brietenfield
Driver: Brietenfield
Race: Pine Tree Circuit
Date: 7-4-1936
May E. Grattan [Mae E. Gratton]

Owner: Walter Brietenfield
Driver: Brietenfield
Race: Pine Tree Circuit
Date: 7-4-1936
Mazaran

Owner: E. T. Gerry
Driver: H. Pownall
Race: 2.06 Trot Horses with record of 2.06 1-4 to 2.10
Date: 7-17-1939
Mazie McElwyn

Owner: Joseph F. Burke
Driver: J. Burke
Race: 2.06 Trot
Date: 7-17-1939
Mazie Volo—Ackerman up

Owner: Townsend Ackerman
Driver: T. Ackerman
Race: Two Year Olds Trot
Date: 8-11-1933
McElwyn Abbe

Owner: R. L. & W. H. Smith
Driver: H. Parshall
Race: 2.18 Class Trot
Date: 7-21-1937
McGregor Guy

Owner: Michael Schneider
Driver: H. M. McKay
Race: Old Orchard Beach Track Association
Date: 7-28-1936
McKinney Volo

Owner: J. L. Brown
Driver: Brown
Race: 2.23 Class
Date: 10-4-1934
McKinney Volo wins

Owner: Harold Gayton
Driver: Morgan
Race: Bickford Motor Service Race
Date: 9-6-1937
McKinney Volo wins

Owner: J. L. Brown
Driver: Brown
Race: 2.23 Class
Date: 10-4-1934
McKinney Volo wins

Owner: R. A. Jewell
Driver: E. Morgan
Race: 2.20 Class Pace
Date: 9-24-1935