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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Rhineworthy wins in 2.06 1/2
Owner: R. A. Jewell
Driver: J. McDonald
Race: 2.14 Pace
Date: 8-20-1932 -
Ribbon Cane
Owner: J. F. Kingsley
Driver: J. F. Kingsley
Race: The C.M.P. Co. Free for All
Date: 8-19-1927 -
Ribbon Cane
Owner: J. F. Kingsley
Driver: J. F. Kingsley
Race: The C.M.P. Co. Free for All
Date: 8-19-1927 -
Ribbon Cane
Owner: Unknown
Driver: C. Mason
Race: Free for all, Sage Park, Windsor, Connecticut
Date: 7-9-1926 -
Ribbon Cane — 2.01 3/4 Mason Up
Owner: Mason Stable
Driver: C. Mason
Race: Free for all, Sage Park, Windsor, Connecticut
Date: 7-9-1926 -
Richard the Third
Owner: Hotel Baker Stable
Driver: S. Palin
Race: Old Orchard Beach Track Association
Date: 7-28-1936 -
Ridley Napoleon wins 2nd heat, 2.24 class
Owner: John Carney
Driver: Carney
Race: 2.23 Trot and Pace
Date: 9-1933 -
Ridley Napoleon wins 2nd heat Rochester Fair
Owner: Charles P. Conner
Driver: P. Chappelle
Race: 2.20 Class Pace
Date: 9-26-1933 -
Rifle Grenade
Owner: Unknown
Driver: A. Martin
Race: 2.09 Class Pace, Sage Park, Windsor Connecticut
Date: 7-8-1926 -
Rio Rita — W. Caton
Owner: The K Stable
Driver: W. Caton
Race: Foals of 1927 Trotting 2-in-3
Date: 7-2-1930 -
Rip Hanover
Owner: H. Toothaker and H. W. Litchfield
Driver: W. Gibbons
Race: Boston Globe Stake 2.09 Pace
Date: 8-3-1935
