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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Peter Magnus — Donnelly up
Owner: Webb
Driver: Donnelly
Race: Free for All Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933 -
Peter Magnus wins 1st heat
Owner: Webb
Driver: Donnelly
Race: Free for All Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933 -
Peter Magnus wins 2nd Race
Owner: Dumont, Agt.
Driver: Dumont
Race: Handicap Trot and Pace
Date: 9-26-1936 -
Peter Mainsheet 2nd beats Nicdale
Owner: Mark Kyler
Driver: Kyler
Race: Pine Tree Circuit
Date: 7-4-1936 -
Peter Mainsheet 2nd--Safford up
Owner: Mark Kyler
Driver: Safford
Race: Mid-Summer Races
Date: 7-8-1936 -
Peter McKinney
Owner: Frank Noble
Driver: E. Avery
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-11-1940 -
Peter McKinney
Owner: Harrison & Coakley
Driver: Kingsley
Race: Potter's Café Free for All Trot & Pace
Date: 8-1932 -
Peter McKinney
Owner: Frank Noble
Driver: E. Avery
Race: Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach
Date: 7-11-1940 -
Peter McKinney
Owner: Harrison & Coakley
Driver: Kingsley
Race: Potter's Café Free for All Trot & Pace
Date: 8-1932 -
Peter Patch wins from The Great Virginian
Owner: A. G. Lord
Driver: W. Hodson
Race: 2.12 Class Trot
Date: 7-3-1931 -
Peter Patch wins from The Great Virginian
Owner: Albert W. Kline
Driver: A. Kline
Race: 2.12 Class Trot
Date: 7-3-1931
